Jeremiah 13:16

Jeremiah 13:16

14 And ^aI will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,” says the Lord. “I will not pity nor spare nor have mercy, but will destroy them.” ’ ”

Pride Precedes Captivity

15 Hear and give ear:
Do not be proud,
For the Lord has spoken.

16 ^aGive glory to the Lord your God
Before He causes ^bdarkness,
And before your feet stumble
On the dark mountains,
And while you are ^clooking for light,
He turns it into ^dthe shadow of death
And makes it dense darkness.

17 But if you will not hear it,
My soul will ^aweep in secret for your pride;
My eyes will weep bitterly
And run down with tears,
Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

18 Say to ^athe king and to the queen mother,
“Humble yourselves;
Sit down,
For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.”

19 The cities of the South shall be shut up,
And no one shall open them;
Judah shall be carried away captive, all of it;
It shall be wholly carried away captive.

20 Lift up your eyes and see
Those who come from the ^anorth.
Where is the flock that was given to you,
Your beautiful sheep?

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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Give glory, etc.—Show by repentance and obedience to God, that you revere His majesty. So Joshua exhorted Achan to "give glory to God" by confessing his crime, thereby showing he revered the All-knowing God.

stumble—image from travellers stumbling into a fatal abyss when overtaken by nightfall (Isaiah 5:30; Isaiah 59:9-10; Amos 8:9).

dark mountains—literally, "mountains of twilight" or "gloom," which cast such a gloomy shadow that the traveller stumbles against an opposing rock before he sees it (John 11:10; John 12:35).

shadow of death—the densest gloom; death shade (Psalms 44:19). Light and darkness are images of prosperity and adversity.

**Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 13:16:**

Psalms 105:28-36
Ecclesiastes 12:2
Jeremiah 23:12
Amos 4:13
1 Peter 2:8
Revelation 14:7

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