Jeremiah 13 · Verse 27

Jeremiah 13:27

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?
Jeremiah 13:27, King James Version

Jeremiah 13:27 in other translations

BSBYour 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?”
WEBI 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?”
ASVI 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?
YLTThine 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?
DARBYThine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdness of thy fornication, on the hills, in the fields, — thine abominations, have I seen. Woe unto thee, Jerusalem! Wilt thou not be made clean? after how long a time yet?
BBEI have seen your disgusting acts, even your false behaviour and your cries of desire and your loose ways on the hills in the field. Unhappy are you, O Jerusalem, you have no desire to be made clean; how long will you be in turning back to me?
WebsterI 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?

What does Jeremiah 13:27 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
27. neighings--(Jr 5:8), image from the lust of horses; the lust after idols degrades to the level of the brute. hills--where, as being nearer heaven, sacrifices were thought most acceptable to the gods. wilt thou not ... ? when--literally, "thou wilt not be made clean after how long a time yet." (So Jr 13:23). Jeremiah denies the moral possibility of one so long hardened in sin becoming soon cleansed. But see Jr 32:17; Lu 18:27.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 27 I have seen thine adulteries - Thy idolatries of different kinds, practiced in various ways; no doubt often accompanied with gross debauchery. Wo unto thee, O Jerusalem wilt thou not be made clean? - We see from this, that though the thing was difficult, yet it was not impossible, for these Ethiopians to change their skin, for these leopards to change their spots. It was only their obstinate refusal of the grace of God that rendered it impossible. Man cannot change himself; but he may pray to God to do it, and come to him through Christ, that he may do it. To enable him to pray and believe, the power is still at hand. If he will not use it, he must perish.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 13:18-27

Here is a message sent to king Jehoiakim, and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. Do they ask, Wherefore come these things upon us? Let them know, it is for their obstinacy in sin. We cannot alter the natural colour of the skin; and so is it morally impossible to reclaim and reform these people. Sin is the blackness of the soul; it is the discolouring of it; we were shapen in it, so that we cannot get…

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Jeremiah 13:27 in the original Hebrew

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נִֽאֻפַ֤יִךְni.'u.Fa.yikhadulteri<es> yourH5004
וּמִצְהֲלוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙u.mitz.ha.lo.Ta.yikhand neighings yourH4684
זִמַּ֣תzi.Mat[the] wickedness ofH2154
זְנוּתֵ֔ךְze.nu.Tekhprostitution yourH2184
עַל\־'al-onH5921
גְּבָעוֹת֙ge.va.'OthillsH1389
בַּשָּׂדֶ֔הba.sa.Dehin the fieldH7704
רָאִ֖יתִיra.'I.tiI have seenH7200
שִׁקּוּצָ֑יִךְshi.ku.Tza.yikhdetestable things yourH8251
א֥וֹי'owoe!H188
לָךְ֙loKhto <the> you
יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔םye.Ru.sha.LimO JerusalemH3389
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
תִטְהֲרִ֔יtit.ha.Riyou are cleanH2891
אַחֲרֵ֥י'a.cha.ReiafterH310
מָתַ֖יma.Taiwhen?H4970
עֹֽד\׃\ \פ'OdyetH5750

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 13:27

  • Ezekiel 24:13

    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.

  • Ezekiel 6:13

    Then shall ye know that I am the Lord, when their slain men shall be among their idols round about their altars, upon every high hill, in all the tops of the mountains, and under every green tree, and under every thick oak, the place where they did offer sweet savour to all their idols.

  • Hosea 8:5

    Thy calf, O Samaria, hath cast thee off; mine anger is kindled against them: how long will it be ere they attain to innocency?

  • Isaiah 65:7

    Your iniquities, and the iniquities of your fathers together, saith the Lord, which have burned incense upon the mountains, and blasphemed me upon the hills: therefore will I measure their former work into their bosom.

  • 2 Corinthians 12:21

    And lest, when I come again, my God will humble me among you, and that I shall bewail many which have sinned already, and have not repented of the uncleanness and fornication and lasciviousness which they have committed.

  • Hosea 4:2

    By swearing, and lying, and killing, and stealing, and committing adultery, they break out, and blood toucheth blood.

  • Proverbs 1:22

    How long, ye simple ones, will ye love simplicity? and the scorners delight in their scorning, and fools hate knowledge?

  • 2 Corinthians 7:1

    Having therefore these promises, dearly beloved, let us cleanse ourselves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit, perfecting holiness in the fear of God.

  • James 4:4

    Ye adulterers and adulteresses, know ye not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God? whosoever therefore will be a friend of the world is the enemy of God.

  • Jeremiah 5:7-8

    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. They were as fed horses in the morning: every one neighed after his neighbour’s wife.

  • Ezekiel 36:37

    Thus saith the Lord God; I will yet for this be enquired of by the house of Israel, to do it for them; I will increase them with men like a flock.

  • Jeremiah 2:20-24

    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. Yet I had planted thee a noble vine, wholly a right seed: how then art thou turned into the degenerate plant of a strange vine unto me? For though thou wash thee with nitre, and take thee much soap, yet thine iniquity is marked before me, saith the Lord God. How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways; …

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
thine adulteries.
2:20-24; 3:1,2; 5:7,8; Eze 16:15-22; 23:2-21; Ho 1:2; 4:2; 2Co 12:21
Jas 4:4
abominations.
2:20; 3:2,6; Isa 57:7; 65:7; Eze 6:13; 20:28
Woe.
4:13; Eze 2:10; 24:6; Zep 3:1; Mt 11:21; Re 8:13
wilt.
4:14; Ps 94:4,8; Eze 24:13; 36:25,37; Lu 11:9-13; 2Co 7:1
when, etc. Heb. after when yet? shall.
Pr 1:22; Ho 8:5

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Context

  • Jeremiah 13:26

    Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

  • Jeremiah 13:27

    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?

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Jeremiah 13:27 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Tus adulterios, tus relinchos, la maldad de tu fornicación sobre los collados: en el mismo campo vi tus abominaciones. ¡Ay de ti, Jerusalem! ¿No serás al cabo limpia? ¿hasta cuándo todavía?
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Tes adultères, tes hennissements, l’infamie de ta prostitution sur les collines, dans les champs, – tes abominations, je les ai vues. Malheur à toi, Jérusalem! Ne te purifieras-tu pas,… après combien de temps encore?
German
Elberfelder 1871
Dein Ehebrechen und dein Wiehern, die Schandtat deiner Hurerei auf den Hügeln im Felde: deine Greuel habe ich gesehen. Wehe dir, Jerusalem! Du wirst nicht rein werden-wie lange wirds noch währen?
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
adulteria tua, et hinnitus tuus, scelus fornicationis tuæ: super colles in agro vidi abominationes tuas. Væ tibi, Jerusalem! non mundaberis post me: usquequo adhuc?