Jeremias 13:18

18 Diga-se ao rei e à rainha-mãe:“Desçam do trono,pois as suas coroas gloriosascaíram de sua cabeça”.

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 Deem glória ao SENHOR, ao seu Deus,antes que ele traga trevas,antes que os pés de vocês tropecemnas colinas ao escurecer.Vocês esperam a luz,mas ele fará dela uma escuridão profunda;sim, ele a transformará em densas trevas.

17 Mas, se vocês não ouvirem,eu chorarei em segredopor causa do orgulho de vocês.Chorarei amargamente,e de lágrimas os meus olhos transbordarão,porque o rebanho do SENHOR foi levado para o cativeiro.

18 Diga-se ao rei e à rainha-mãe:“Desçam do trono,pois as suas coroas gloriosascaíram de sua cabeça”.

19 As cidades do Neguebe estão bloqueadase não há quem nelas consiga entrar.Todo o Judá foi levado para o exílio,todos foram exilados.

20 Erga os olhos, Jerusalém,e veja aqueles que vêm do norte.Onde está o rebanho que foi confiado a você,as ovelhas das quais se orgulhava?