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I have seen your detestable acts on the hills and in the fields. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will you be unclean?&#8221 <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/13.htm">New Living Translation</a> I have seen your adultery and lust, and your disgusting idol worship out in the fields and on the hills. What sorrow awaits you, Jerusalem! How long before you are pure?” <a href="/esv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a> I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your lewd whorings, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?” <a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> 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?” <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a> I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? <a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a> I have seen your adulteries And your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your harlotry, Your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! Will you still not be made clean?” <a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> “As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings, The outrageous sin of your prostitution On the hills in the field, I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?” <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a> &#8220As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your prostitution On the hills in the field, I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?&#8221 <a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a> “As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your prostitution On the hills in the field, I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean?” <a href="/lsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> As for your adulteries and your lustful neighings, The lewdness of your prostitution On the hills in the field, I have seen your detestable things. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you not cleanse yourself?” <a href="/amp/jeremiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a> “I have seen your vile and detestable acts, Even your adulteries and your lustful neighings [after idols], And the lewdness of your prostitution On the hills in the fields. Woe (judgment is coming) to you, O Jerusalem! How long will you remain unclean [by ignoring My precepts]?” <a href="/csb/jeremiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> Your adulteries and your lustful neighing, your depraved prostitution on the hills, in the fields — I have seen your abhorrent acts. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You are unclean — for how long yet? <a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> Your adulteries and your lustful neighing, your heinous prostitution on the hills, in the fields— I have seen your detestable acts. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You are unclean— for how long yet? <a href="/asv/jeremiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a> I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be? <a href="/cev/jeremiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> So I'll rip off your clothes and leave you naked and ashamed for everyone to see. You are doomed! Will you ever be worthy to worship me again? <a href="/erv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a> I have seen thine abominations, even thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy whoredom, on the hills in the field. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean; how long shall it yet be? <a href="/gwt/jeremiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> I have seen you commit adultery and squeal with delight. I have seen you act like a shameless prostitute on the hills and in the fields. How horrible it will be for you, Jerusalem! Will you ever be clean?" <a href="/gnt/jeremiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a> 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? <a href="/isv/jeremiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a> I've seen your detestable behavior: your adulteries, your passionate neighing, your lewd immorality on the hills in the field. How terrible it will be for you, Jerusalem! You are unclean. How much longer will this go on?" <a href="/msb/jeremiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> 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?? <a href="/net/jeremiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a> People of Jerusalem, I have seen your adulterous worship, your shameless prostitution to, and your lustful pursuit of, other gods. I have seen your disgusting acts of worship on the hills throughout the countryside. You are doomed to destruction! How long will you continue to be unclean?'" <a href="/nheb/jeremiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries, and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem. You will not be made clean; how long shall it yet be?'" <a href="/wbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> I have seen thy adulteries, and thy neighings, the enormity of thy lewdness, and thy abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to thee O Jerusalem! wilt thou not be made clean? when shall it once be? <a href="/web/jeremiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a> I have seen your abominations, even your adulteries and your neighing, the lewdness of your prostitution, on the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! You will not be made clean. How long will it yet be?” <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> Your adulteries, and your neighings, "" The wickedness of your whoredom, on heights in a field, "" I have seen your abominations. Woe to you, O Jerusalem, "" You are not [yet] made clean—after when [will you be] again?” <a href="/ylt/jeremiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, The wickedness of thy whoredom, on heights in a field, I have seen thine abominations. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, Thou art not cleansed, after when is it again? <a href="/slt/jeremiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> Thine adulteries and thy neighings, the purpose of thy harlotry upon the hills, in the field, I saw thine abominations. Wo to thee, O Jerusalem thou wilt not be cleansed after me; how long yet?<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/jeremiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> I have seen thy adulteries, and thy neighing, the wickedness of thy fornication: and thy abominations, upon the hills in the field. Woe to thee, Jerusalem, wilt thou not be made clean after me: how long yet? <a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> For I have seen your adulteries, and your neighing for the wickedness of your fornication, and your abominations upon the hills in the field. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How much longer before you will be made clean after me?” <a href="/nabre/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a> Your adulteries, your neighings, your shameless prostitutions: On the hills, in the fields I see your detestable crimes. Woe to you, Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are clean? <a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> I have seen your abominations, your adulteries and neighings, your shameless prostitutions on the hills of the countryside. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! How long will it be before you are made clean?<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> I have seen your adulteries and your lusts, the lewdness of your whoredom and your abominations on the hills in the wilderness. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! for you are unwilling to be cleansed. How long will it be till you repent? <a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a> And your adulteries and your whinnies and the fornication of your prostitution on the hills in the wilderness I have seen your abominations! Woe to you Jerusalem, for you shall not be purged! When will you return to God?” <div class="vheading2">OT Translations</div><a href="/jps/jeremiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a> Thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy harlotry, On the hills in the field have I seen thy detestable acts. Woe unto thee, O Jerusalem! thou wilt not be made clean! When shall it ever be? <a href="/sep/jeremiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a> thine adultery also, and thy neighing, and the looseness of thy fornication: on the hills and in the fields I have seen thine abominations. Woe to thee, O Jerusalem, for thou hast not been purified so as to follow me; how long yet shall it be? <a href="/parallel/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=4131" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Captivity Threatened</a> …26So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen. 27<a href="/hebrew/5004.htm" title="5004: ni·’u·p̄a·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Adultery. From na'aph; adultery.">Your adulteries</a> <a href="/hebrew/4684.htm" title="4684: ū·miṣ·hă·lō·w·ṯa·yiḵ (Conj-w:: N-fpc:: 2fs) -- A neighing. From tsahal; a whinnying.">and lustful neighings,</a> <a href="/hebrew/2154.htm" title="2154: zim·maṯ (N-fsc) -- A plan, device, wickedness. Or zammah; from zamam; a plan, especially a bad one.">your shameless</a> <a href="/hebrew/2184.htm" title="2184: zə·nū·ṯêḵ (N-fsc:: 2fs) -- Fornication. From zanah; adultery, i.e. infidelity, idolatry.">prostitution</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.">on</a> <a href="/hebrew/1389.htm" title="1389: gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ (N-fp) -- A hill. Feminine from the same as Geba'; a hillock.">the hills</a> <a href="/hebrew/7704.htm" title="7704: baś·śā·ḏeh (Prep-b, Art:: N-ms) -- Field, land. Or saday; from an unused root meaning to spread out; a field.">and in the fields—</a> <a href="/hebrew/7200.htm" title="7200: rā·’î·ṯî (V-Qal-Perf-1cs) -- To see. A primitive root; to see, literally or figuratively.">I have seen</a> <a href="/hebrew/8251.htm" title="8251: šiq·qū·ṣā·yiḵ (N-mpc:: 2fs) -- Detested thing. Or shiqquts; from shaqats; disgusting, i.e. Filthy; especially idolatrous or an idol.">your detestable acts.</a> <a href="/hebrew/188.htm" title="188: ’ō·w (Interjection) -- Woe! Probably from 'avah; lamentation; also interjectionally Oh!">Woe</a> <a href="/hebrew/lāḵ (Prep:: 2fs) -- ">to you,</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">O Jerusalem!</a> <a href="/hebrew/310.htm" title="310: ’a·ḥă·rê (Prep) -- The hind or following part. From 'achar; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after.">How long</a> <a href="/hebrew/4970.htm" title="4970: mā·ṯay (Interrog) -- When?. From an unused root meaning to extend; properly, extent; but used only adverbially, when."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5750.htm" title="5750: ‘ōḏ (Adv) -- Or rod; from uwd; properly, iteration or continuance; used only adverbially, again, repeatedly, still, more."></a> <a href="/hebrew/2891.htm" title="2891: ṯiṭ·hă·rî (V-Qal-Imperf-2fs) -- To be clean or pure. A primitive root; properly, to be bright; i.e. to be pure.">will you remain</a> <a href="/hebrew/3808.htm" title="3808: lō (Adv-NegPrt) -- Not. Or lowi; or loh; a primitive particle; not; by implication, no; often used with other particles.">unclean?”</a> <div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/hosea/4-12.htm">Hosea 4:12-14</a> My people consult their wooden idols, and their divining rods inform them. For a spirit of prostitution leads them astray and they have played the harlot against their God. / They sacrifice on the mountaintops and burn offerings on the hills, under oak, poplar, and terebinth, because their shade is pleasant. And so your daughters turn to prostitution and your daughters-in-law to adultery. / I will not punish your daughters when they prostitute themselves, nor your daughters-in-law when they commit adultery. For the men themselves go off with prostitutes and offer sacrifices with shrine prostitutes. So a people without understanding will come to ruin. <a href="/ezekiel/16-30.htm">Ezekiel 16:30-34</a> How weak-willed is your heart, declares the Lord GOD, while you do all these things, the acts of a shameless prostitute! / But when you built your mounds at the head of every street and made your lofty shrines in every public square, you were not even like a prostitute, because you scorned payment. / You adulterous wife! You receive strangers instead of your own husband! ... <a href="/isaiah/1-21.htm">Isaiah 1:21</a> See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers! <a href="/hosea/2-5.htm">Hosea 2:5-7</a> For their mother has played the harlot and has conceived them in disgrace. For she thought, ‘I will go after my lovers, who give me bread and water, wool and linen, oil and drink.’ / Therefore, behold, I will hedge up her path with thorns; I will enclose her with a wall, so she cannot find her way. / She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’ <a href="/ezekiel/23-35.htm">Ezekiel 23:35-39</a> Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Because you have forgotten Me and have cast Me behind your back, you must bear the consequences of your indecency and prostitution.’” / Then the LORD said to me: “Son of man, will you pass judgment against Oholah and Oholibah? Then declare to them their abominations. / For they have committed adultery, and blood is on their hands. They have committed adultery with their idols. They have even sacrificed their children, whom they bore to Me, in the fire as food for their idols. ... <a href="/isaiah/57-3.htm">Isaiah 57:3-8</a> “But come here, you sons of a sorceress, you offspring of adulterers and prostitutes! / Whom are you mocking? At whom do you sneer and stick out your tongue? Are you not children of transgression, offspring of deceit, / who burn with lust among the oaks, under every luxuriant tree, who slaughter your children in the valleys, under the clefts of the rocks? ... <a href="/hosea/5-3.htm">Hosea 5:3-4</a> I know all about Ephraim, and Israel is not hidden from Me. For now, O Ephraim, you have turned to prostitution; Israel is defiled. / Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD. <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Ezekiel 16:15-22</a> But because of your fame, you trusted in your beauty and played the harlot. You lavished your favors on everyone who passed by, and your beauty was theirs for the asking. / You took some of your garments and made colorful high places for yourself, and on them you prostituted yourself. Such things should not have happened; never should they have occurred! / You also took the fine jewelry of gold and silver I had given you, and you made male idols with which to prostitute yourself. ... <a href="/isaiah/3-16.htm">Isaiah 3:16-17</a> The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.” <a href="/hosea/9-1.htm">Hosea 9:1</a> Do not rejoice, O Israel, with exultation like the nations, for you have played the harlot against your God; you have made love for hire on every threshing floor. <a href="/ezekiel/23-1.htm">Ezekiel 23:1-4</a> Again the word of the LORD came to me, saying, / “Son of man, there were two women, daughters of the same mother, / and they played in Egypt, prostituting themselves from their youth. Their breasts were fondled there, and their virgin bosoms caressed. ... <a href="/isaiah/50-1.htm">Isaiah 50:1</a> This is what the LORD says: “Where is your mother’s certificate of divorce with which I sent her away? Or to which of My creditors did I sell you? Look, you were sold for your iniquities, and for your transgressions your mother was sent away. <a href="/hosea/6-10.htm">Hosea 6:10</a> In the house of Israel I have seen a horrible thing: Ephraim practices prostitution there, and Israel is defiled. <a href="/ezekiel/23-45.htm">Ezekiel 23:45-49</a> But righteous men will sentence them to the punishment of those who commit adultery and bloodshed, because they are adulteresses with blood on their hands. / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Bring a mob against them and consign them to terror and plunder. / The mob will stone them and cut them down with their swords. They will kill their sons and daughters and burn down their houses. ... <a href="/isaiah/65-2.htm">Isaiah 65:2-3</a> All day long I have held out My hands to an obstinate people who walk in the wrong path, who follow their own imaginations, / to a people who continually provoke Me to My face, sacrificing in the gardens and burning incense on altars of brick,</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>I have seen your adulteries, and your neighings, the lewdness of your prostitution, and your abominations on the hills in the fields. Woe to you, O Jerusalem! will you not be made clean? when shall it once be?thine adulteries.<a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20-24</a> For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot… <a href="/jeremiah/3-1.htm">Jeremiah 3:1,2</a> They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man's, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD… <a href="/jeremiah/5-7.htm">Jeremiah 5:7,8</a> How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed adultery, and assembled themselves by troops in the harlots' houses… abominations.<a href="/jeremiah/2-20.htm">Jeremiah 2:20</a> For of old time I have broken thy yoke, and burst thy bands; and thou saidst, I will not transgress; when upon every high hill and under every green tree thou wanderest, playing the harlot.<a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Jeremiah 3:2,6</a> Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness… <a href="/isaiah/57-7.htm">Isaiah 57:7</a> Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed: even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice.woe.<a href="/jeremiah/4-13.htm">Jeremiah 4:13</a> Behold, he shall come up as clouds, and his chariots shall be as a whirlwind: his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe unto us! for we are spoiled.<a href="/ezekiel/2-10.htm">Ezekiel 2:10</a> And he spread it before me; and it was written within and without: and there was written therein lamentations, and mourning, and woe.<a href="/ezekiel/24-6.htm">Ezekiel 24:6</a> Wherefore thus saith the Lord GOD; Woe to the bloody city, to the pot whose scum is therein, and whose scum is not gone out of it! bring it out piece by piece; let no lot fall upon it.wilt.<a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm">Jeremiah 4:14</a> O Jerusalem, wash thine heart from wickedness, that thou mayest be saved. How long shall thy vain thoughts lodge within thee?<a href="/psalms/94-4.htm">Psalm 94:4,8</a> How long shall they utter and speak hard things? and all the workers of iniquity boast themselves? … <a href="/ezekiel/24-13.htm">Ezekiel 24:13</a> In thy filthiness is lewdness: because I have purged thee, and thou wast not purged, thou shalt not be purged from thy filthiness any more, till I have caused my fury to rest upon thee.when.<a href="/proverbs/1-22.htm">Proverbs 1:22</a> How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?<a href="/hosea/8-5.htm">Hosea 8:5</a> Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?<div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/revelation/19-2.htm">Adulteries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/4-14.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/jeremiah/9-20.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-12.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/hosea/6-9.htm">Enormity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-25.htm">False.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Field</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-25.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Fornication</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-2.htm">Harlotries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-29.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-20.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-15.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-16.htm">Neighing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-16.htm">Once</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-5.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/7-30.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-16.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Whoredom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-21.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-19.htm">Woe</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Abominations</a> <a href="/jeremiah/21-2.htm">Acts</a> <a href="/ezekiel/23-43.htm">Adulteries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/33-8.htm">Clean</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-34.htm">Cries</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-1.htm">Desire</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Detestable</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Disgusting</a> <a href="/hosea/6-9.htm">Enormity</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-15.htm">False.</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-5.htm">Field</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-10.htm">Fields</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Fornication</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Harlotries</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-25.htm">Harlotry</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-6.htm">Hills</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-2.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Lewdness</a> <a href="/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Neighing</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-21.htm">Once</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-15.htm">Prostitution</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-22.htm">Turning</a> <a href="/jeremiah/16-18.htm">Unclean</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-7.htm">Ways</a> <a href="/ezekiel/16-17.htm">Whoredom</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-8.htm">Wilt</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-10.htm">Woe</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 13</div>1. <a href="/jeremiah/13-1.htm">By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates, </a> 9. <a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm">God prefigures the destruction of his people.</a> 12. <a href="/jeremiah/13-12.htm">By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery.</a> 15. <a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">He exhorts to prevent their future judgments.</a> 22. <a href="/jeremiah/13-22.htm">He shows their abominations are the cause thereof.</a> </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'; 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In the Old Testament, idolatry is often equated with spiritual adultery (<a href="/ezekiel/16-32.htm">Ezekiel 16:32</a>). The "lustful neighings" evoke the image of a horse in heat, symbolizing uncontrolled desire and infidelity. This imagery reflects the Israelites' pursuit of foreign gods and alliances, betraying their covenant with Yahweh.your shameless prostitution on the hills and in the fields The reference to "prostitution on the hills and in the fields" points to the high places where idol worship, including ritual prostitution, often occurred (<a href="/1_kings/14-23.htm">1 Kings 14:23-24</a>). These locations were chosen for their elevation, believed to be closer to the deities. The phrase underscores the public and brazen nature of Israel's idolatry, contrasting with the holiness expected by God.I have seen your detestable acts God's omniscience is highlighted here, as He witnesses all actions, including those done in secret. The "detestable acts" refer to the idolatrous practices and moral corruption of the people (<a href="/ezekiel/8-9.htm">Ezekiel 8:9-10</a>). This phrase serves as a reminder of God's awareness and the inevitable judgment that follows unrepentant sin.Woe to you, O Jerusalem! The pronouncement of "woe" is a common prophetic declaration of impending judgment (<a href="/isaiah/5-8.htm">Isaiah 5:8-23</a>). Jerusalem, the spiritual and political center of Israel, is addressed directly, emphasizing the gravity of its sin. This lamentation reflects God's sorrow over the city's rebellion and the consequences it will face.How long will you remain unclean? This rhetorical question highlights the persistent state of sinfulness and the need for repentance. "Unclean" refers to ritual and moral impurity, which separates the people from God (<a href="/leviticus/20-26.htm">Leviticus 20:26</a>). The question implies an invitation to return to holiness, echoing the call for repentance found throughout the prophets (<a href="/isaiah/1-16.htm">Isaiah 1:16-18</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a> A prophet called by God to deliver messages of warning and judgment to the people of Judah and Jerusalem. His ministry spanned the reigns of several kings and was marked by his deep emotional connection to the messages he delivered. 2. <a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a> The capital city of Judah, often symbolic of the entire nation. In this context, it represents the spiritual state of the people, who have turned away from God. 3. <a href="/topical/a/adulteries_and_prostitution.htm">Adulteries and Prostitution</a> Metaphors for the spiritual unfaithfulness of the people of Judah. They have turned to idolatry and other practices that are detestable to God. 4. <a href="/topical/h/hills_and_fields.htm">Hills and Fields</a> Locations where idolatrous practices and pagan worship often took place. These high places were frequently used for worshiping false gods. 5. <a href="/topical/g/god's_judgment.htm">God's Judgment</a> The event of God pronouncing judgment on Jerusalem for their persistent sin and refusal to repent. This is a central theme in Jeremiah's prophecies.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><a href="/topical/s/spiritual_unfaithfulness.htm">Spiritual Unfaithfulness</a> Just as Judah was unfaithful to God through idolatry, we must examine our own lives for areas where we may be placing other things before God. <a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_sin.htm">The Consequences of Sin</a> The passage highlights the serious consequences of persistent sin and rebellion against God. It serves as a warning to us to repent and turn back to God. <a href="/topical/g/god's_patience_and_call_to_repentance.htm">God's Patience and Call to Repentance</a> Despite the severity of the message, God's call to repentance is evident. He desires for His people to return to Him and be cleansed. <a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_idolatry.htm">The Danger of Idolatry</a> Idolatry is not just the worship of physical idols but can be anything that takes the place of God in our hearts. We must guard against modern forms of idolatry. <a href="/topical/t/the_need_for_holiness.htm">The Need for Holiness</a> The call to remain clean is a call to holiness. As believers, we are called to live lives that are set apart for God, reflecting His character in our actions.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_jeremiah_13.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Jeremiah 13</a> <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> <a href="/q/how_is_'unquenchable_fire'_reconciled.htm">(Jeremiah 17:27) How should the promise of 'unquenchable fire' in Jerusalem be reconciled with the city's repeated rebuildings and continued existence?</a> <a href="/q/why_no_extra-biblical_proof_of_isaiah_27_13.htm">If Isaiah 27:13 predicts a grand return of exiles, why are there no extra-biblical accounts confirming a major regathering at that specific time?</a> <a href="/q/how_does_jer._2_20_align_with_mosaic_law.htm">Jeremiah 2:20 speaks of Israel's unfaithfulness as a breach of covenant; how do we reconcile this metaphorical language with the literal legal requirements of Mosaic Law?</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>(27) Thine adulteries.--The words refer primarily to the spiritual adultery of the idolatries of Judah. The "neighings," as in <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm" title="A wild ass used to the wilderness, that snuffs up the wind at her pleasure; in her occasion who can turn her away? all they that seek her will not weary themselves; in her month they shall find her.">Jeremiah 2:24</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/5-8.htm" title="They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbor's wife.">Jeremiah 5:8</a>, express the unbridled eagerness of animal passion transferred in this passage to the spiritual sin. The "abominations on the hills" are the orgiastic rites of the worship of the high places, which are further described as "in the field" to emphasise their publicity.Wilt thou not be made clean?--Better, thou wilt not be cleansed; after how long yet? Sad as the last words are, they in some measure soften the idea of irretrievable finality, "Will the time ever come, and if so, when?" Like the cry addressed to God, "How long, O Lord . . ." (<a href="/revelation/6-10.htm" title="And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, do you not judge and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?">Revelation 6:10</a>), it implies a hope, though only just short of despair.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/13.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 27. - I have seen, etc. The Hebrew is again more forcible than the English. It runs, "Thine adulteries and thy neighings," etc. l (this is an exclamation as it were; then more reflectively)," I have seen thine abominations." Neighings; i.e. passionate craving for illegitimate objects of worship (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/2-24.htm">Jeremiah 2:24, 25</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/5-8.htm">Jeremiah 5:8</a>). In the fields. The Hebrew has the singular. The "field," as usual, means the open country. Wilt thou not, etc.? rather, How long ere thou be made clean? In Ver. 23 the prophet had vehemently declared his people to be incorrigible. But, like the tender Hoses, he cannot continue to hold such gloomy thoughts; surely Israel, God's people, must eventually be "made clean!" But this can only be as the result of judicial affliction, and these afflictions will be no slight or transient ones. <a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div>Your adulteries נִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְ (ni·’u·p̄a·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5004.htm">Strong's 5004: </a> Adultery and lustful neighings, וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙ (ū·miṣ·hă·lō·w·ṯa·yiḵ) Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_4684.htm">Strong's 4684: </a> A whinnying your shameless זִמַּ֣ת (zim·maṯ) Noun - feminine singular construct <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2154.htm">Strong's 2154: </a> A plan, device, wickedness prostitution זְנוּתֵ֔ךְ (zə·nū·ṯêḵ) Noun - feminine singular construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2184.htm">Strong's 2184: </a> Adultery, infidelity, idolatry on עַל־ (‘al-) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> Above, over, upon, against the hills גְּבָעוֹת֙ (gə·ḇā·‘ō·wṯ) Noun - feminine plural <a href="/hebrew/strongs_1389.htm">Strong's 1389: </a> A hillock [and] in the fields— בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה (baś·śā·ḏeh) Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7704.htm">Strong's 7704: </a> Field, land I have seen רָאִ֖יתִי (rā·’î·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_7200.htm">Strong's 7200: </a> To see your detestable acts. שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְ (šiq·qū·ṣā·yiḵ) Noun - masculine plural construct | second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_8251.htm">Strong's 8251: </a> Disgusting, filthy, idolatrous, an idol Woe to you, א֥וֹי (’ō·w) Interjection <a href="/hebrew/strongs_188.htm">Strong's 188: </a> Lamentation, Oh! O Jerusalem! יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם (yə·rū·šā·lim) Noun - proper - feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel How long אַחֲרֵ֥י (’a·ḥă·rê) Preposition <a href="/hebrew/strongs_310.htm">Strong's 310: </a> The hind or following part will you remain תִטְהֲרִ֔י (ṯiṭ·hă·rî) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person feminine singular <a href="/hebrew/strongs_2891.htm">Strong's 2891: </a> To be clean or pure unclean?” לֹ֣א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle <a href="/hebrew/strongs_3808.htm">Strong's 3808: </a> Not, no <div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27 NIV</a> <a href="/nlt/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27 NLT</a> <a href="/esv/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27 ESV</a> <a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27 NASB</a> <a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27 KJV</a> <a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27 BibleApps.com</a> <a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27 Biblia Paralela</a> <a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27 Chinese Bible</a> <a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27 French Bible</a> <a href="/catholic/jeremiah/13-27.htm">Jeremiah 13:27 Catholic Bible</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-27.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 13:27 I have seen your abominations even your (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/13-26.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:26"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:26" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/14-1.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 14:1"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 14:1" /></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>