Jeremiah 13:25

25 He has said that this will be your fate. This is what he has decided to do with you, because you have forgotten him and have trusted in false gods.

Jeremiah 13:25 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:25

This is thy lot
Meaning not the king's, or the queen's only, but the lot of the whole Jewish state: the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord;
which were divided and distributed, and measured out to them by the Lord, who appointed these calamities to befall them, and brought them upon them, and that in righteous judgment. The Targum is,

``and the portion of thine inheritance;''

who, instead of having the land of Canaan for their inheritance, to which the allusion is, and of which they boasted, the land of Babylon was assigned them, not to be possessors of it, but captives in it; and instead of having God to be their portion and inheritance, they were banished from him, and this was but righteous measure; they had measure for measure: because thou hast forgotten me;
their Maker and Benefactor; the goodness he had shown them, the mercies and benefits he had bestowed upon them; or, "my law", as the Arabic version; or, "my worship", as the Targum; therefore he forgot them, took no notice of them, hid his face from them, and gave them up into the hands of their enemies: and trusted in falsehood;
either in the Egyptians and Assyrians, who deceived them; or in their idols, which were falsehood and lying vanities, and could not help them.

Jeremiah 13:25 In-Context

23 Can people change the color of their skin, or a leopard remove its spots? If they could, then you that do nothing but evil could learn to do what is right.

24 The Lord will scatter you like straw that is blown away by the desert wind.

25 He has said that this will be your fate. This is what he has decided to do with you, because you have forgotten him and have trusted in false gods.

26 The Lord himself will strip off your clothes and expose you to shame.

27 He has seen you do the things he hates. He has seen you go after pagan gods on the hills and in the fields, like a man lusting after his neighbor's wife or like a stallion after a mare. People of Jerusalem, you are doomed! When will you ever be pure?