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Jeremiah / A Lament of Shame and Imminent Disaster
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A Lament of Shame and Imminent Disaster

Jeremiah 13:15-27

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Chapter 13
15 Hear and give ear; do not be proud, for the LORD has spoken. 16 Give glory to the LORD your God before it grows dark and before your feet stumble on the mountains of twilight, and you wait for light and it becomes gloom, shadow of death, and thick darkness. 17 And if you do not hear it in secret, my soul will weep because of pride, and my eyes will shed tears, for the flock of the LORD is taken captive. 18 Say to the king and to the lady: Humble yourselves, sit, for it has come down from your heads—the crown of your glory. 19 The cities of the Negev are shut up, and there is no opening. The exile of Judah is complete, the exile of the peaceful ones. 20 Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock that he gave you, your glorious sheep? 21 What will you say when he visits upon you—you who have taught them over you, thousands to head? Will not pangs seize you like a woman in labor? 22 And when you say in your heart, "Why have these things happened to me?" Because of the multitude of your iniquity, your skirts were uncovered, your heels were violated. 23 Can a Cushite turn his skin, or a leopard its spots? Then you also—can you do good, you who are accustomed to doing evil? 24 And I will scatter them like chaff passing before the wind of the wilderness. 25 This is your lot, the portion of your measures from me, says the LORD, which you have forgotten me and you have trusted in the falsehood. 26 And I have also uncovered your skirts over your face, and your shame will be seen. 27 Your adulteries and your jubilations, the plan of your prostitution upon the hills in the field—I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you not purify yourself? After how long?