Jeremiah 13:17

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?

21 What will you say when He punishes you?
For you have taught them
To be chieftains, to be head over you.
Will not ^apangs seize you,
Like a woman in¹ labor?

Commentaries:

Barnes' Notes

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Jeremiah 13:17

The Lord' s flock - The people carried away captive with Jeconiah formed the Jewish Church, as we are expressly told, whereas Zedekiah and the people of Jerusalem possessed only the externals of the Church and not its reality. It is for this reason that the seventy years' exile counts from Jeconiah' s captivity.

**Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 13:17:**

Isaiah 15:3
Isaiah 22:4

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