Jeremias 13:18

18 Dize ao rei e � rainha-mãe: Humilhai-vos, sentai-vos no chão; porque de vossas cabeças já caiu a coroa de vossa glória.

Jeremias 13:18 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:18

Say unto the king, and to the queen
Jehoiachin, and his mother Nehushta, as it is generally interpreted by the Jewish commentators, and others; who, with many princes and officers, were carried captive into Babylon, ( 2 Kings 24:12-15 ) or rather Zedekiah and his wife; since the captivity after threatened is a perfect and complete one, which Jehoiachin's was not: humble yourselves, sit down;
or, "sit down humbled" ^F4; come down from your thrones, and sit in the dust; humble yourselves before the Lord for your own sins, and the sins of the people; in times of general corruption, and which threatens a nation with ruin, it becomes kings and princes to set an example of repentance, humiliation, and reformation; though it may be this is rather a prediction of what would be, that they should descend from their throne, and lose their grandeur, and be in a low and abject condition, than an exhortation to what was their duty; since it follows: for your principalities shall come down;
their royal state and greatness, and all the ensigns of it; and especially such as they had upon their heads, as the word used denotes, and as the following explanation shows: even the crown of your glory;
or glorious crown, which should fall from their heads, or be taken from them, when they should be no more served in state, or treated as crowned heads.

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FOOTNOTES:

F4 (wbv wlypvh) "degite humiliter", Castalio; "abjectissime considite", Junius & Tremellius; "loco humili considite", Piscator

Jeremias 13:18 In-Context

16 Dai glória ao Senhor vosso Deus, antes que venha a escuridão e antes que tropecem vossos pés nos montes tenebrosos; antes que, esperando vós luz, ele a mude em densas trevas, e a reduza a profunda escuridão.

17 Mas, se não ouvirdes, a minha alma chorará em oculto, por causa da vossa soberba; e amargamente chorarão os meus olhos, e se desfarão em lágrimas, porque o rebanho do Senhor se vai levado cativo.

18 Dize ao rei e � rainha-mãe: Humilhai-vos, sentai-vos no chão; porque de vossas cabeças já caiu a coroa de vossa glória.

19 As cidades do Negebe estão fechadas, e não há quem as abra; todo o Judá é levado cativo, sim, inteiramente cativo.

20 Levantai os vossos olhos, e vede os que vêm do norte; onde está o rebanho que se te deu, o teu lindo rebanho?