Jeremiah 13:15–27
you must not be haughty, for Yahweh has spoken.
16 Give glory to Yahweh your God ⌊before⌋l he brings darkness,
and ⌊before⌋m your feet stumble on the mountains at twilight.
And you will hope for light, but he makes it as gloom,
he makes itn as thick darkness.
17 But if you will not listen to it,
my inner selfo will weep in secret places,
because of ⌊the presence of⌋p your pride.
And my eyesq will weep bitterly,
and they will melt in tears,
because the flock of Yahweh has been taken captive.
A Message for the King and the Queen Mother
18 “Say to the king and to the queen mother, ‘⌊Take a lower seat⌋,r
for ⌊your beautiful crown⌋s has come down from your head.’t
19 The towns of the Negev are shut up,
and there is no one who opens them.u
All of Judah is deported;
it is deported in completeness.
and see those coming from the north.
Where is the flock that was given to you,
⌊your magnificent flock⌋?v
21 What will you say when he sets over you—
and you have taught them—allies as head over you?
Will not labor pains take hold of you,
like a woman giving birth?
22 And if you say in your heart,
‘Why have these things happened to me?’
Because of the greatness of your iniquity your skirts are uncovered;
your heels have endured violence.
23 Can a Cushite change his skin,
or a leopard his spots?
Then you also will be able to do good,
who are accustomed to doing evil.
like stubble scattered by the wind of the desert.w
the portion of your measure from me,” ⌊declares⌋x Yahweh,
“because you have forgotten me,
and you have trusted in the lie.
26 So in turn I will bare your skirts over your face,
and your shame will become visible.
27 Your adulteries, and your neighings,
the shameful behavior of your fornications
on the hills in the countryside,
I have seen your abominations.
Woe to you, O Jerusalem!
⌊How long will you continue to be unclean⌋?y”