Verse 22

Jeremiah 13:22

New Living Translation

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22 You may ask yourself, “Why is all this happening to me?” It is because of your many sins! That is why you have been stripped and raped by invading armies.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וְ/כִ֤י תֹאמְרִי֙ בִּ/לְבָבֵ֔/ךְ מַדּ֖וּעַ קְרָאֻ֣/נִי אֵ֑לֶּה בְּ/רֹ֧ב עֲוֺנֵ֛/ךְ נִגְל֥וּ שׁוּלַ֖יִ/ךְ נֶחְמְס֥וּ עֲקֵבָֽיִ/ךְ

English Translation

And if you say in your heart, "Why have these things come upon me?" It is because of the multitude of your iniquities; your skirts are exposed, your heels are uncovered.

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Chapter 13 Context

1 This is what the LORD said to me: “Go and buy a linen loincloth and put it on, but do not wash it.” Focus ↗

2 So I bought the loincloth as the LORD directed me, and I put it on. Focus ↗

3 Then the LORD gave me another message: Focus ↗

4 “Take the linen loincloth you are wearing, and go to the Euphrates River. Hide it there in a hole in... Focus ↗

5 So I went and hid it by the Euphrates as the LORD had instructed me. Focus ↗

6 A long time afterward the LORD said to me, “Go back to the Euphrates and get the loincloth I told yo... Focus ↗

7 So I went to the Euphrates and dug it out of the hole where I had hidden it. But now it was rotting... Focus ↗

8 Then I received this message from the LORD: Focus ↗

9 “This is what the LORD says: This shows how I will rot away the pride of Judah and Jerusalem. Focus ↗

10 These wicked people refuse to listen to me. They stubbornly follow their own desires and worship oth... Focus ↗

11 As a loincloth clings to a man’s waist, so I created Judah and Israel to cling to me, says the LORD.... Focus ↗

12 “So tell them, ‘This is what the LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says: May all your jars be filled... Focus ↗

13 “Then tell them, ‘No, this is what the LORD means: I will fill everyone in this land with drunkennes... Focus ↗

14 I will smash them against each other, even parents against children, says the LORD. I will not let m... Focus ↗

15 Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken. Focus ↗

16 Give glory to the LORD your God (Elohim) before it is too late. Acknowledge him before he brin... Focus ↗

17 And if you still refuse to listen, I will weep alone because of your pride. My eyes will overf... Focus ↗

18 Say to the king and his mother, “Come down from your thrones and sit in the dust, for your... Focus ↗

19 The towns of the Negev will close their gates, and no one will be able to open them. The peopl... Focus ↗

20 Open up your eyes and see the armies marching down from the north! Where is your flock — yo... Focus ↗

21 What will you say when the LORD takes the allies you have cultivated and appoints them as your ru... Focus ↗

22 You may ask yourself, “Why is all this happening to me?” It is because of your many sins! T...

23 Can an Ethiopian change the color of his skin? Can a leopard take away its spots? Neither can... Focus ↗

24 “I will scatter you like chaff that is blown away by the desert winds. Focus ↗

25 This is your allotment, the portion I have assigned to you,” says the LORD, “for you have f... Focus ↗

26 I myself will strip you and expose you to shame. Focus ↗

27 I have seen your adultery and lust, and your disgusting idol worship out in the fields and on the... Focus ↗

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Book: Jeremiah
Chapter: Chapter 13 (27 verses)
Version: New Living Translation

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