Jeremiah 13:26
What does Jeremiah 13:26 mean?
A plain-English look at Jeremiah 13:26 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949So I will have your skirts uncovered before your face, in order that your shame may be seen.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Wherefore I have also bared thy thighs against thy face, and thy shame hath appeared.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Therefore will I also turn thy skirts over thy face, and thy shame shall be seen.
Context
v.25This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
v.26This passage
v.27I 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?
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 2:10
And now will I uncover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of my hand.
- Ezekiel 23:29
and they shall deal with thee in hatred, and shall take away all thy labor, and shall leave thee naked and bare; and the nakedness of thy whoredoms shall be uncovered, both thy lewdness and thy whoredoms.
- Ezekiel 16:37
therefore behold, I will gather all thy lovers, with whom thou hast taken pleasure, and all them that thou hast loved, with all them that thou hast hated; I will even gather them against thee on every side, and will uncover thy nakedness unto them, that they may see all thy nakedness.
- Jeremiah 13:22
And if thou say in thy heart, Wherefore are these things come upon me? for the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts uncovered, and thy heels suffer violence.
- Lamentations 1:8
Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is become as an unclean thing; All that honored her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: Yea, she sigheth, and turneth backward.
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