Jeremiah 13:15

The Lord's Warning

15 Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud, for the Lord has spoken.

Jeremiah 13:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:15

Hear ye, and give ear
Both to what goes before, and what follows after. The words doubled denote the closest and strictest attention: be not proud;
haughty, scornful, as above all instruction, and needing no advice and counsel, self-conceited, despising the word of God, and his messages by his prophets; or, "do not lift up yourselves" ^F24; above others, and against God: for the Lord hath spoken;
it is not I, but the Lord; and what he has said shall certainly come to pass; so the Targum,

``for in the word of the Lord it is so decreed;''

it is in vain to oppose him; his counsel shall stand, and he will do all his pleasure; none ever hardened themselves against him, and prospered.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (whbgt la) "ne elevetis vos", Montanus, Pagninus; "exaltetis", Junius & Tremellius.

Jeremiah 13:15 In-Context

13 And you will say to them, This is what the Lord says: I am about to fill all who live in this land-the kings who reign for David on his throne, the priests, the prophets and all the residents of Jerusalem-with drunkenness.

14 I will smash them against each other, fathers and sons alike"-the Lord's declaration. "I will allow no mercy, pity, or compassion [to keep Me] from destroying them."

15 Listen and pay attention. Do not be proud, for the Lord has spoken.

16 Give glory to the Lord your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the mountains at dusk. You wait for light, but He brings darkest gloom and makes thick darkness.

17 But if you will not listen, my innermost being will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, for the Lord's flock has been taken captive.