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class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/13.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />I will pull up your skirts over your face that your shame may be seen—<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />I myself will strip you and expose you to shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />I myself will lift up your skirts over your face, and your shame will be seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Therefore I will uncover your skirts over your face, That your shame may appear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“So I Myself have stripped your skirts off over your face, So that your shame will be seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220So I Myself have also stripped your skirts off over your face, That your shame may be seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“So I Myself have also stripped your skirts off over your face, That your shame may be seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />So I Myself have also stripped your skirts off over your face, That your disgrace may be seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“So I Myself will throw your skirts up over your face, That your shame may be exposed [publicly].<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will pull your skirts up over your face so that your shame might be seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />I will pull your skirts up over your face so that your shame might be seen. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />You were married to me, but you were unfaithful. You even became a prostitute by worshiping disgusting gods on hilltops and in fields. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Therefore will I also discover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />I will also tear off your clothes, and your shame will be seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />The LORD himself will strip off your clothes and expose you to shame. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />I'll also pull your skirt up over your face, so your shame will be seen,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />So I will pull your skirt up over your face and expose you to shame like a disgraced adulteress! <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />therefore I will also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame shall appear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Therefore will I uncover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I will also uncover your skirts on your face, and your shame will appear. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />I have also made your skirts bare before your face, "" And your shame has been seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And also I uncovered thy skirts upon thy face and thy dishonor was seen.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Wherefore I have also bared my thighs against thy face, and thy shame hath appeared. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />Therefore, I have even bared your thighs before your face, and your shame has been seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />I now will strip away your skirts, so that your shame is visible. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />I myself will lift up your skirts over your face, and your shame will be seen.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Therefore I also will cause your skirts to be uncovered and lifted over your face, and your shame shall be seen.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />Also I shall roll up your skirts and I shall pull them over your faces and your shame will be seen<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, And thy shame shall appear.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />I also will expose thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall be seen;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4124" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Captivity Threatened</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">25</span>This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood. <span class="reftext">26</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1571.htm" title="1571: wə·ḡam- (Conj) -- Also, moreover, yea. ">So</a> <a href="/hebrew/589.htm" title="589: ’ă·nî (Pro-1cs) -- I. Contracted from 'anokiy; I.">I</a> <a href="/hebrew/7757.htm" title="7757: šū·la·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Skirt (of a robe). From an unused root meaning to hang down; a skirt; by implication, a bottom edge.">will pull your skirts</a> <a href="/hebrew/2834.htm" title="2834: ḥā·śap̄·tî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To strip off, strip, make bare. A primitive root; to strip off, i.e. Generally to make naked, to drain away or bail up.">up</a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">over</a> <a href="/hebrew/6440.htm" title="6440: pā·nā·yiḵ (N-cpc:: 2fs) -- Face, faces. Plural of an unused noun; the face; used in a great variety of applications; also as a preposition.">your face,</a> <a href="/hebrew/7036.htm" title="7036: qə·lō·w·nêḵ (N-msc:: 2fs) -- Ignominy, dishonor. From qalah; disgrace; the pudenda.">that your shame</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: wə·nir·’āh (Conj-w:: V-Nifal-ConjPerf-3ms) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">may be seen.</a> </span><span class="reftext">27</span>Your adulteries and lustful neighings, your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields—I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?”…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/47-3.htm">Isaiah 47:3</a></span><br />Your nakedness will be uncovered and your shame will be exposed. I will take vengeance; I will spare no one.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/nahum/3-5.htm">Nahum 3:5</a></span><br />“Behold, I am against you,” declares the LORD of Hosts. “I will lift your skirts over your face. I will show your nakedness to the nations and your shame to the kingdoms.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/2-10.htm">Hosea 2:10</a></span><br />And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8</a></span><br />Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37</a></span><br />therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/23-29.htm">Ezekiel 23:29</a></span><br />They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/micah/1-11.htm">Micah 1:11</a></span><br />Depart in shameful nakedness, O dwellers of Shaphir. The dwellers of Zaanan will not come out. Beth-ezel is in mourning; its support is taken from you.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-17.htm">Isaiah 3:17</a></span><br />the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/20-4.htm">Isaiah 20:4</a></span><br />so the king of Assyria will lead away the captives of Egypt and the exiles of Cush, young and old alike, naked and barefoot, with bared buttocks—to Egypt’s shame.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/22-8.htm">Isaiah 22:8</a></span><br />He has uncovered the defenses of Judah. On that day you looked to the weapons in the House of the Forest.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/3-18.htm">Revelation 3:18</a></span><br />I counsel you to buy from Me gold refined by fire so that you may become rich, white garments so that you may be clothed and your shameful nakedness not exposed, and salve to anoint your eyes so that you may see.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/revelation/16-15.htm">Revelation 16:15</a></span><br />“Behold, I am coming like a thief. Blessed is the one who remains awake and clothed, so that he will not go naked and let his shame be exposed.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/5-3.htm">2 Corinthians 5:3</a></span><br />because when we are clothed, we will not be found naked.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_corinthians/4-5.htm">1 Corinthians 4:5</a></span><br />Therefore judge nothing before the appointed time; wait until the Lord comes. He will bring to light what is hidden in darkness and will expose the motives of men’s hearts. At that time each will receive his praise from God.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/12-2.htm">Luke 12:2-3</a></span><br />There is nothing concealed that will not be disclosed, and nothing hidden that will not be made known. / What you have spoken in the dark will be heard in the daylight, and what you have whispered in the inner rooms will be proclaimed from the housetops.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Therefore will I discover your skirts on your face, that your shame may appear.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Jeremiah 13:22</a></b></br> And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, <i>and</i> thy heels made bare.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8</a></b></br> Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37</a></b></br> Behold, therefore I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all <i>them</i> that thou hast loved, with all <i>them</i> that thou hast hated; I will even gather them round about against thee, and will discover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/isaiah/66-5.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/isaiah/16-3.htm">Discover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-2.htm">Face</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-20.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-5.htm">Order</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-3.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-13.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Skirts</a> <a href="/isaiah/33-9.htm">Stripped</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-16.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/isaiah/47-2.htm">Uncover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">Uncovered</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/ezekiel/16-51.htm">Appear</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm">Bare</a> <a href="/lamentations/4-22.htm">Discover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Face</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-39.htm">Lift</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-23.htm">Order</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-7.htm">Pull</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Shame</a> <a href="/lamentations/1-9.htm">Skirts</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-10.htm">Stripped</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Turn</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-10.htm">Uncover</a> <a href="/jeremiah/49-10.htm">Uncovered</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 13</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates, </a></span><br><span class="reftext">9. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm">God prefigures the destruction of his people.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">12. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">15. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">He exhorts to prevent their future judgments.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">22. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">He shows their abominations are the cause thereof.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/13.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/jeremiah/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/jeremiah/13.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>So I will pull your skirts up over your face</b><br>This phrase uses vivid imagery to describe the exposure of sin and shame. In ancient Near Eastern culture, uncovering one's garments was a metaphor for disgrace and humiliation. This act symbolizes God's judgment on Judah for their idolatry and unfaithfulness. The imagery of pulling up skirts is akin to uncovering hidden sins, revealing the true nature of the people's rebellion against God. This is consistent with other prophetic literature where exposure signifies judgment (e.g., <a href="/isaiah/47-3.htm">Isaiah 47:3</a>).<p><b>that your shame may be seen</b><br>The exposure of shame is a direct consequence of Judah's actions. In biblical terms, shame often results from sin and disobedience to God's covenant. The public nature of this exposure serves as a warning to others and a call to repentance. This theme of shame is echoed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/ezekiel/16-37.htm">Ezekiel 16:37</a>, where God exposes the sins of Jerusalem. Theologically, this points to the need for repentance and the hope of restoration, as seen in the broader narrative of redemption through Christ, who bore our shame on the cross (<a href="/hebrews/12-2.htm">Hebrews 12:2</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah. His ministry spanned over 40 years during the reigns of several kings.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, which had turned away from God, engaging in idolatry and other sins. Jeremiah's prophecies were directed primarily at this kingdom.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a></b><br>The event of divine retribution that Jeremiah warns about, where God reveals the sins of Judah and punishes them for their unfaithfulness.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a></b><br>Sin leads to shame and exposure. Just as Judah's sins were laid bare, our sins will eventually be revealed if we do not repent.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_righteous_judgment.htm">God's Righteous Judgment</a></b><br>God's judgment is just and righteous. He does not overlook sin, and His actions are meant to bring about repentance and restoration.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_repentance.htm">The Call to Repentance</a></b><br>The exposure of sin is a call to repentance. We must turn away from our sinful ways and seek God's forgiveness.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_faithfulness.htm">The Importance of Faithfulness</a></b><br>Faithfulness to God is crucial. Judah's unfaithfulness led to their downfall, serving as a warning for us to remain steadfast in our relationship with God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_desire_for_restoration.htm">God's Desire for Restoration</a></b><br>Despite the harshness of judgment, God's ultimate desire is for His people to return to Him and be restored.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 13</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_these_verses_align_with_babylon's_conquest.htm">(Jeremiah 13:22-27) How do these verses align with historical evidence of Babylon's conquest, and were there any archaeological findings to support the events described?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/proof_of_god's_judgments_in_history.htm">(Jeremiah 17:13) Is there any historical or archaeological proof that God's judgments, such as the writing of names in the dust, were visibly carried out?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_is_moab's_fate_sealed_in_jer._48_1-39.htm">Why does Jeremiah 48:1-39 repeatedly portray divine retaliation against Moab with no apparent path for redemption?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_to_reconcile_jeremiah_20_7_with_james_1_13.htm">How can Jeremiah 20:7 be reconciled with James 1:13, which states that God never tempts or deceives anyone?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/13.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(26) <span class= "bld">Therefore will I discover . . .</span>--The threat is substantially the same as that in <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm" title="And if you say in your heart, Why come these things on me? For the greatness of your iniquity are your skirts discovered, and your heels made bore.">Jeremiah 13:22</a>. The form is verbally identical with that of <a href="/nahum/3-5.htm" title="Behold, I am against you, said the LORD of hosts; and I will discover your skirts on your face, and I will show the nations your nakedness, and the kingdoms your shame.">Nahum 3:5</a>.<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 26.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Therefore will I</span>, etc. But the Hebrew is much more forcible, "And I <span class="accented">also</span>," etc., implying, as Calvin remarks (comp. <a href="/proverbs/1-26.htm">Proverbs 1:26</a>), a certain retaliation. Upon thy face; an allusion to <a href="/nahum/3-5.htm">Nahum 3:5</a>. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">So</span><br /><span class="heb">וְגַם־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·ḡam-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Conjunction<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1571.htm">Strong's 1571: </a> </span><span class="str2">Assemblage, also, even, yea, though, both, and</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲנִ֛י</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·nî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_589.htm">Strong's 589: </a> </span><span class="str2">I</span><br /><br /><span class="word">will pull your skirts</span><br /><span class="heb">שׁוּלַ֖יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(šū·la·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7757.htm">Strong's 7757: </a> </span><span class="str2">A skirt, a bottom edge</span><br /><br /><span class="word">up</span><br /><span class="heb">חָשַׂ֥פְתִּי</span> <span class="translit">(ḥā·śap̄·tî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2834.htm">Strong's 2834: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strip off, to make naked, to drain away, bail up</span><br /><br /><span class="word">over</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">your face,</span><br /><span class="heb">פָּנָ֑יִךְ</span> <span class="translit">(pā·nā·yiḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - common plural construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6440.htm">Strong's 6440: </a> </span><span class="str2">The face</span><br /><br /><span class="word">that your shame</span><br /><span class="heb">קְלוֹנֵֽךְ׃</span> <span class="translit">(qə·lō·w·nêḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct | second person feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7036.htm">Strong's 7036: </a> </span><span class="str2">Disgrace, the pudenda</span><br /><br /><span class="word">may be seen.</span><br /><span class="heb">וְנִרְאָ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(wə·nir·’āh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Nifal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> </span><span class="str2">To see</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/13-26.htm">Jeremiah 13:26 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/13-26.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 13:26 Therefore will I also uncover your skirts (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:25"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:25" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:27"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:27" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>