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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 />&#8220This is what the LORD says: &#8216In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/13.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD says: This shows how I will rot away the pride of Judah and Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD: Even so will I spoil the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/13.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD: ‘In this manner I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD says: ‘To the same extent I will destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220Thus says the LORD, &#8216Just so will I destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/13.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD, ‘Just so will I destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />“Thus says Yahweh, ‘Just so will I ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/13.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“Thus says the LORD, ‘In this same way I shall destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/13.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />“This is what the LORD says: Just like this I will ruin the great pride of both Judah and Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/13.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />&#8220This is what the LORD says: Just like this I will ruin the great pride of both Judah and Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/13.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus saith Jehovah, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/13.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Jeremiah, I will use Babylonia to destroy the pride of the people of Judah and Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/13.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/13.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />"This is what the LORD says: This is how I will destroy Judah's arrogance and Jerusalem's extreme arrogance.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/13.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />"This is how I will destroy the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/13.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />"This is what the LORD says: 'In the same way I'll ruin the pride of Judah and the pride of Jerusalem. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/13.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />?This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/13.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />"I, the LORD, say: 'This shows how I will ruin the highly exalted position in which Judah and Jerusalem take pride.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/13.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />"Thus says the LORD, 'In this way I will mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/13.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />“Yahweh says, ‘In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/13.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus I mar the excellence of Judah, "" And the great excellence of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/13.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> Thus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/13.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />Thus said Jehovah, According to this I will corrupt the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/13.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Thus saith the Lord: after this manner will I make the pride of Juda, and the great pride of Jerusalem to rot. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/13.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />“Thus says the Lord: In the same way, I will cause the arrogance of Judah and the arrogance of Jerusalem to rot.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/13.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD: So also I will allow the pride of Judah to rot, the great pride of Jerusalem.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/13.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD: Just so I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/13.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: In this manner will I destroy the proud men of Judah and the proud men of Jerusalem that are many.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/13.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />“Thus says LORD JEHOVAH of Hosts, the God of Israel: ‘In this way I shall destroy the glorious ones of Judah and the many glorious ones of Jerusalem<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/13.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Thus saith the LORD: After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/13.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Thus will I mar the pride of Juda, and the pride of Jerusalem;<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/13-9.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=3915" 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">The Linen Loincloth</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">8</span>Then the word of the LORD came to me: <span class="reftext">9</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/3541.htm" title="3541: kōh (Adv) -- Thus, here. From the prefix k and huw'; properly, like this, i.e. By implication, thus; also here; or now.">“This is what</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">the LORD</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: ’ā·mar (V-Qal-Perf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say.">says:</a> <a href="/hebrew/3602.htm" title="3602: kā·ḵāh (Adv) -- Thus. From koh; just so, referring to the previous or following context.">In the same way</a> <a href="/hebrew/7843.htm" title="7843: ’aš·ḥîṯ (V-Hifil-Imperf-1cs) -- Perhaps to go to ruin. A primitive root; to decay, i.e. ruin.">I will ruin</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’eṯ- (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/1347.htm" title="1347: gə·’ō·wn (N-msc) -- Arrogance, majesty, ornament. From ga'ah; the same as ga'avah.">the pride</a> <a href="/hebrew/3063.htm" title="3063: yə·hū·ḏāh (N-proper-ms) -- From yadah; celebrated; Jehudah, the name of five Israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory.">of Judah</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: wə·’eṯ- (Conj-w:: DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self.">and</a> <a href="/hebrew/7227.htm" title="7227: hā·rāḇ (Art:: Adj-ms) -- Much, many, great. By contracted from rabab; abundant.">the great</a> <a href="/hebrew/1347.htm" title="1347: gə·’ō·wn (N-msc) -- Arrogance, majesty, ornament. From ga'ah; the same as ga'avah.">pride</a> <a href="/hebrew/3389.htm" title="3389: yə·rū·šā·lim (N-proper-fs) -- Probably foundation of peace, capital city of all Isr. ">of Jerusalem.</a> </span><span class="reftext">10</span>These evil people, who refuse to listen to My words, who follow the stubbornness of their own hearts, and who go after other gods to serve and worship them, they will be like this loincloth—of no use at all.…<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="/2_kings/17-18.htm">2 Kings 17:18-20</a></span><br />So the LORD was very angry with Israel, and He removed them from His presence. Only the tribe of Judah remained, / and even Judah did not keep the commandments of the LORD their God, but lived according to the customs Israel had introduced. / So the LORD rejected all the descendants of Israel. He afflicted them and delivered them into the hands of plunderers, until He had banished them from His presence.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hosea/4-7.htm">Hosea 4:7</a></span><br />The more they multiplied, the more they sinned against Me; they exchanged their Glory for a thing of disgrace.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/3-1.htm">Isaiah 3:1-8</a></span><br />For behold, the Lord GOD of Hosts is about to remove from Jerusalem and Judah both supply and support: the whole supply of food and water, / the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder, / the commander of fifty and the dignitary, the counselor, the cunning magician, and the clever enchanter. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ezekiel/5-11.htm">Ezekiel 5:11-12</a></span><br />Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, because you have defiled My sanctuary with all your detestable idols and abominations, I Myself will withdraw My favor; I will not look upon you with pity, nor will I spare you. / A third of your people will die by plague or be consumed by famine within you, a third will fall by the sword outside your walls, and a third I will scatter to every wind and unleash a sword behind them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/amos/2-6.htm">Amos 2:6-16</a></span><br />This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Israel, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they sell the righteous for silver and the needy for a pair of sandals. / They trample on the heads of the poor as on the dust of the earth; they push the needy out of their way. A man and his father have relations with the same girl and so profane My holy name. / They lie down beside every altar on garments taken in pledge. And in the house of their God, they drink wine obtained through fines. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/lamentations/1-8.htm">Lamentations 1:8-9</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. / Her uncleanness stains her skirts; she did not consider her end. Her downfall was astounding; there was no one to comfort her. Look, O LORD, on my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/zephaniah/1-4.htm">Zephaniah 1:4-6</a></span><br />“I will stretch out My hand against Judah and against all who dwell in Jerusalem. I will cut off from this place every remnant of Baal, the names of the idolatrous and pagan priests— / those who bow on the rooftops to worship the host of heaven, those who bow down and swear by the LORD but also swear by Milcom, / and those who turn back from following the LORD, neither seeking the LORD nor inquiring of Him.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/deuteronomy/28-15.htm">Deuteronomy 28:15-20</a></span><br />If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you: / You will be cursed in the city and cursed in the country. / Your basket and kneading bowl will be cursed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_chronicles/36-14.htm">2 Chronicles 36:14-17</a></span><br />Furthermore, all the leaders of the priests and the people multiplied their unfaithful deeds, following all the abominations of the nations, and they defiled the house of the LORD, which He had consecrated in Jerusalem. / Again and again the LORD, the God of their fathers, sent word to His people through His messengers because He had compassion on them and on His dwelling place. / But they mocked the messengers of God, despising His words and scoffing at His prophets, until the wrath of the LORD against His people was stirred up beyond remedy. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/30-12.htm">Isaiah 30:12-14</a></span><br />Therefore this is what the Holy One of Israel says: “Because you have rejected this message, trusting in oppression and relying on deceit, / this iniquity of yours is like a breach about to fail, a bulge in a high wall, whose collapse will come suddenly—in an instant! / It will break in pieces like a potter’s jar, shattered so that no fragment can be found. Not a shard will be found in the dust large enough to scoop the coals from a hearth or to skim the water from a cistern.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-37.htm">Matthew 23:37-38</a></span><br />O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets and stones those sent to her, how often I have longed to gather your children together, as a hen gathers her chicks under her wings, but you were unwilling! / Look, your house is left to you desolate.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/19-41.htm">Luke 19:41-44</a></span><br />As Jesus approached Jerusalem and saw the city, He wept over it / and said, “If only you had known on this day what would bring you peace! But now it is hidden from your eyes. / For the days will come upon you when your enemies will barricade you and surround you and hem you in on every side. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/romans/11-7.htm">Romans 11:7-10</a></span><br />What then? What Israel was seeking, it failed to obtain, but the elect did. The others were hardened, / as it is written: “God gave them a spirit of stupor, eyes that could not see, and ears that could not hear, to this very day.” / And David says: “May their table become a snare and a trap, a stumbling block and a retribution to them. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-37.htm">John 12:37-40</a></span><br />Although Jesus had performed so many signs in their presence, they still did not believe in Him. / This was to fulfill the word of Isaiah the prophet: “Lord, who has believed our message? And to whom has the arm of the Lord been revealed?” / For this reason they were unable to believe. For again, Isaiah says: ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/28-25.htm">Acts 28:25-27</a></span><br />They disagreed among themselves and began to leave after Paul had made this final statement: “The Holy Spirit was right when He spoke to your fathers through Isaiah the prophet: / ‘Go to this people and say, “You will be ever hearing but never understanding; you will be ever seeing but never perceiving.” / For this people’s heart has grown callous; they hardly hear with their ears, and they have closed their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn, and I would heal them.’</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Thus said the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.</p><p class="hdg">After.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/18-4.htm">Jeremiah 18:4-6</a></b></br> And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make <i>it</i>… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/lamentations/5-5.htm">Lamentations 5:5-8</a></b></br> Our necks <i>are</i> under persecution: we labour, <i>and</i> have no rest… </p><p class="hdg">the pride.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/13-15.htm">Jeremiah 13:15-17</a></b></br> Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken… </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/23-9.htm">Jeremiah 23:9</a></b></br> Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/ezekiel/16-50.htm">Ezekiel 16:50,56</a></b></br> And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw <i>good</i>… </p><p class="hdg">the great.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/48-29.htm">Jeremiah 48:29</a></b></br> We have heard the pride of Moab, (he is exceeding proud) his loftiness, and his arrogancy, and his pride, and the haughtiness of his heart.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/16-6.htm">Isaiah 16:6</a></b></br> We have heard of the pride of Moab; <i>he is</i> very proud: <i>even</i> of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: <i>but</i> his lies <i>shall</i> not <i>be</i> so.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/7-6.htm">Damage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-17.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-15.htm">Excellency</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-16.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/11-13.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-14.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/8-9.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/job/30-13.htm">Mar</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-5.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-10.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/6-7.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/12-1.htm">Way</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/daniel/6-2.htm">Damage</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-14.htm">Destroy</a> <a href="/ezekiel/7-20.htm">Excellency</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-3.htm">Great</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-13.htm">Jerusalem</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-11.htm">Judah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-21.htm">Manner</a> <a href="/1_corinthians/3-17.htm">Mar</a> <a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm">Pride</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-17.htm">Ruin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/15-13.htm">Spoil</a> <a href="/jeremiah/14-10.htm">Way</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'; 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Throughout the Old Testament, prophets often begin their messages with this phrase to assert that the words are not their own but are from God Himself. This establishes the seriousness and authenticity of the message.<p><b>In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah:</b><br>The "same way" refers to the preceding verses where God uses the metaphor of a ruined linen belt to illustrate how He will destroy the pride of Judah. The pride of Judah is a recurring theme in the prophetic books, where the people and leaders often relied on their own strength, wisdom, and alliances rather than trusting in God. This pride led to idolatry and disobedience, which ultimately resulted in their downfall. The historical context includes the period leading up to the Babylonian exile, where Judah's arrogance and refusal to heed prophetic warnings led to their destruction.<p><b>and the great pride of Jerusalem:</b><br>Jerusalem, as the capital city and spiritual center of Judah, held significant religious and political importance. The "great pride" of Jerusalem can be seen in its temple, which was considered the dwelling place of God, and in its status as a city chosen by God. However, this pride became misplaced as the people of Jerusalem trusted in the temple's presence for protection rather than in God Himself. This misplaced confidence is addressed in other scriptures, such as <a href="/jeremiah/7-4.htm">Jeremiah 7:4</a>, where the people falsely believed that the temple would save them from judgment. The prophecy highlights that even the most revered and seemingly secure places are not immune to God's judgment when they become sources of pride and disobedience.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_lord.htm">The LORD (Yahweh)</a></b><br>The covenant God of Israel, who speaks through the prophet Jeremiah, warning of impending judgment due to the people's pride and disobedience.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A major prophet in the Old Testament, called by God to deliver messages of warning and hope to the people of Judah and Jerusalem during a time of great spiritual and political turmoil.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/j/judah.htm">Judah</a></b><br>The southern kingdom of Israel, consisting of the tribes of Judah and Benjamin, which had fallen into idolatry and pride, leading to God's judgment.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/j/jerusalem.htm">Jerusalem</a></b><br>The capital city of Judah, known for its temple and as the center of Jewish worship, but also criticized for its leaders' and inhabitants' arrogance and sin.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/p/pride.htm">Pride</a></b><br>A central theme in this passage, representing the self-reliance and arrogance of Judah and Jerusalem, which leads to their downfall.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_danger_of_pride.htm">The Danger of Pride</a></b><br>Pride leads to spiritual blindness and separation from God. Judah's pride caused them to ignore God's warnings and rely on their own strength.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_disobedience.htm">The Consequences of Disobedience</a></b><br>Disobedience to God's commands results in judgment. Just as Judah faced ruin, we too face consequences when we turn away from God's ways.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_call_to_humility.htm">The Call to Humility</a></b><br>God desires humility and repentance. We are called to examine our hearts and turn from pride, seeking God's grace and guidance.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_importance_of_listening_to_god's_warnings.htm">The Importance of Listening to God's Warnings</a></b><br>God often sends warnings through His Word and His messengers. We must be attentive and responsive to avoid the pitfalls of pride and sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_hope_of_restoration.htm">The Hope of Restoration</a></b><br>While judgment is certain for the unrepentant, God offers hope and restoration to those who humble themselves and return to Him.<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_jer_42's_promises_conflict_with_jer_43.htm">Do the promises in Jer 42 about the safety of the remnant conflict with the calamities in Jer 43?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_can_judah_israel_bless_amid_strife.htm">Zechariah 8:13: How could the house of Judah and Israel become blessings to other nations in light of ongoing regional strife?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_daniel_9_1-2_fit_70-year_exile.htm">How do we reconcile Daniel 9:1-2's reference to Jeremiah's seventy years with the actual duration of the Babylonian exile?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/do_historical_records_confirm_jeremiah_42.htm">Jeremiah 42:11-12: The text promises divine protection from Babylon; do non-biblical historical records confirm or contradict this claim?</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>(9) <span class= "bld">The pride of Judah.</span>--As the girdle was the part of the dress on which most ornamental work was commonly lavished, so that it was a common gift among princes and men of wealth (<a href="/1_samuel/18-4.htm" title="And Jonathan stripped himself of the robe that was on him, and gave it to David, and his garments, even to his sword, and to his bow, and to his girdle.">1Samuel 18:4</a>; <a href="/2_samuel/18-11.htm" title="And Joab said to the man that told him, And, behold, you saw him, and why did you not smite him there to the ground? and I would have given you ten shekels of silver, and a girdle.">2Samuel 18:11</a>), it was the natural symbol of the outward glory of a kingdom. As Jeremiah was a priest, we may, perhaps, think of the embroidered girdle "for glory and for beauty "of the priestly dress (<a href="/exodus/28-40.htm" title="And for Aaron's sons you shall make coats, and you shall make for them girdles, and bonnets shall you make for them, for glory and for beauty.">Exodus 28:40</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/44-17.htm" title="And it shall come to pass, that when they enter in at the gates of the inner court, they shall be clothed with linen garments; and no wool shall come on them, whiles they minister in the gates of the inner court, and within.">Ezekiel 44:17</a>).<p><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/13-9.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">“This is what</span><br /><span class="heb">כֹּ֖ה</span> <span class="translit">(kōh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3541.htm">Strong's 3541: </a> </span><span class="str2">Like this, thus, here, now</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the LORD</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָ֑ה</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><br /><span class="word">says:</span><br /><span class="heb">אָמַ֣ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ā·mar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_559.htm">Strong's 559: </a> </span><span class="str2">To utter, say</span><br /><br /><span class="word">In the same way</span><br /><span class="heb">כָּ֠כָה</span> <span class="translit">(kā·ḵāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Adverb<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3602.htm">Strong's 3602: </a> </span><span class="str2">Just so</span><br /><br /><span class="word">I will ruin</span><br /><span class="heb">אַשְׁחִ֞ית</span> <span class="translit">(’aš·ḥîṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - first person common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7843.htm">Strong's 7843: </a> </span><span class="str2">Perhaps to go to ruin</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the pride</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּא֧וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(gə·’ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1347.htm">Strong's 1347: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arrogance, majesty, ornament</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Judah</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוּדָ֛ה</span> <span class="translit">(yə·hū·ḏāh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3063.htm">Strong's 3063: </a> </span><span class="str2">Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and</span><br /><span class="heb">וְאֶת־</span> <span class="translit">(wə·’eṯ-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the great</span><br /><span class="heb">הָרָֽב׃</span> <span class="translit">(hā·rāḇ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7227.htm">Strong's 7227: </a> </span><span class="str2">Much, many, great</span><br /><br /><span class="word">pride</span><br /><span class="heb">גְּא֥וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(gə·’ō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1347.htm">Strong's 1347: </a> </span><span class="str2">Arrogance, majesty, ornament</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Jerusalem.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם</span> <span class="translit">(yə·rū·šā·lim)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3389.htm">Strong's 3389: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jerusalem -- probably 'foundation of peace', capital city of all Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Jeremiah 13:9 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Jeremiah 13:9 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Jeremiah 13:9 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Jeremiah 13:9 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Jeremiah 13:9 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Jeremiah 13:9 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Jeremiah 13:9 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Jeremiah 13:9 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Jeremiah 13:9 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/13-9.htm">Jeremiah 13:9 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/13-9.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 13:9 Thus says Yahweh After this manner will (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/13-8.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:8"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:8" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/13-10.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 13:10"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 13:10" /></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>