Jeremiah 13 · Verse 9

Jeremiah 13:9

Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 13:9, King James Version

Jeremiah 13:9 in other translations

BSB“This is what the LORD says: In the same way I will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem.
WEB“The LORD says, ‘In this way I will ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
ASVThus saith Jehovah, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
YLTThus do I mar the excellency of Judah, And the great excellency of Jerusalem.
DARBYThus saith Jehovah: After this manner will I spoil the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
BBEThe Lord has said, In this way I will do damage to the pride of Judah and to the great pride of Jerusalem.
WebsterThus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

What does Jeremiah 13:9 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
9. (Le 26:19).

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

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 13:1-11

The glory of the Jews should be marred. (Jr 13:1-11) All ranks should suffer misery, An earnest exhortation to repentance. (Jr 13:12-17) An awful message to Jerusalem and its king. (Jr 13:18-27) Verses 1-11 It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs. And we have the explanation, Jr 13:9-11. The people of Israel had been to God as this girdle. He caused them to cleave to him by the law he gave them, the…

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Jeremiah 13:9 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כֹּ֖הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֑הYah.wehYahwehH3068
כָּ֠כָהKa.khahthusH3602
אַשְׁחִ֞ית'ash.ChitI will ruinH7843
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
גְּא֧וֹןge.'on[the] pride ofH1347
יְהוּדָ֛הye.hu.DahJudahH3063
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
גְּא֥וֹןge.'on[the] pride ofH1347
יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖םye.ru.sha.LimJerusalemH3389
הָרָֽב\׃ha.Rav<the> greatH7227

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

Cross references for Jeremiah 13:9

  • Leviticus 26:19

    And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

  • Zephaniah 3:11

    In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain.

  • Jeremiah 13:15-17

    Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken. Give glory to the Lord your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness. But if ye will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because the Lord’s flock is carried away captive.

  • Isaiah 23:9

    The Lord of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, and to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth.

  • Proverbs 16:18

    Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

  • Isaiah 2:10-17

    Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the Lord, and for the glory of his majesty. The lofty looks of man shall be humbled, and the haughtiness of men shall be bowed down, and the Lord alone shall be exalted in that day. For the day of the Lord of hosts shall be upon every one that is proud and lofty, and upon every one that is lifted up; and he shall be brought low: And upon all the cedars of Lebanon, that are high and lifted up, and upon all the oaks of Bashan, …

  • 1 Peter 5:5

    Likewise, ye younger, submit yourselves unto the elder. Yea, all of you be subject one to another, and be clothed with humility: for God resisteth the proud, and giveth grace to the humble.

  • Ezekiel 16:50

    And they were haughty, and committed abomination before me: therefore I took them away as I saw good.

  • Luke 18:14

    I tell you, this man went down to his house justified rather than the other: for every one that exalteth himself shall be abased; and he that humbleth himself shall be exalted.

  • Nahum 2:2

    For the Lord hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches.

  • Isaiah 16:6

    We have heard of the pride of Moab; he is very proud: even of his haughtiness, and his pride, and his wrath: but his lies shall not be so.

  • Lamentations 5:5-8

    Our necks are under persecution: we labour, and have no rest. We have given the hand to the Egyptians, and to the Assyrians, to be satisfied with bread. Our fathers have sinned, and are not; and we have borne their iniquities. Servants have ruled over us: there is none that doth deliver us out of their hand.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
After.
18:4-6; La 5:5-8
the pride.
15-17; Le 26:19; Job 40:10-12; Pr 16:18; Isa 2:10-17; 23:9
Eze 16:50,56; Na 2:2; *marg:
Zep 3:11; Lu 18:14; Jas 4:6; 1Pe 5:5
the great.
48:29; Isa 16:6

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Context

  • Jeremiah 13:8

    Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying,

  • Jeremiah 13:9

    Thus saith the Lord, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 13:10

    This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing.

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Jeremiah 13:9 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Así ha dicho Jehová: Así haré podrir la soberbia de Judá, y la mucha soberbia de Jerusalem,
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
Ainsi dit l’ Éternel: C’est ainsi que je détruirai l’orgueil de Juda, et le grand orgueil de Jérusalem.
German
Elberfelder 1871
So spricht Jehova: Also werde ich verderben die Hoffart Judas und die große Hoffart Jerusalems.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Hæc dicit Dominus: Sic putrescere faciam superbiam Juda, et superbiam Jerusalem multam: