Jeremiah 18 · Verse 13

Jeremiah 18:13

Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
Jeremiah 18:13, King James Version

Jeremiah 18:13 in other translations

BSBTherefore this is what the LORD says: “Inquire among the nations: Who has ever heard things like these? Virgin Israel has done a most terrible thing.
WEBTherefore the LORD says: “Ask now among the nations, ‘Who has heard such things?’ The virgin of Israel has done a very horrible thing.
ASVTherefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things; the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
YLTTherefore, thus said Jehovah: Ask, I pray you, among the nations, Who hath heard like these? A very horrible thing hath the virgin of Israel done.
DARBYTherefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, Who hath heard such things? The virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.
BBESo this is what the Lord has said: Make search among the nations and see who has had word of such things; the virgin of Israel has done a very shocking thing.
WebsterTherefore thus saith the LORD; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

What does Jeremiah 18:13 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
13. (Jr 2:10, 11). Even among the heathen it was a thing unheard of, that a nation should lay aside its gods for foreign gods, though their gods are false gods. But Israel forsook the true God for foreign false gods. virgin of Israel--(2Ki 19:21). It enhances their guilt, that Israel was the virgin whom God had specially betrothed to Him. horrible thing--(Jr 5:30).

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 13 The virgin of Israel - Instead of ישראל Yisrael, three of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., with the Alexandrian copy of the Septuagint, have ירושלם Yerushalem, Jerusalem.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 18:11-17

Sinners call it liberty to live at large; whereas for a man to be a slave to his lusts, is the very worst slavery. They forsook God for idols. When men are parched with heat, and meet with cooling, refreshing streams, they use them. In these things men will not leave a certainty for an uncertainty; but Israel left the ancient paths appointed by the Divine law. They walked not in the highway, in which they might…

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Jeremiah 18:13 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.

לָכֵ֗ןla.Khen<to> thereforeH3651
כֹּ֚הkohthusH3541
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
שַֽׁאֲלוּ\־sha.'a.lu-askH7592
נָא֙na'pleaseH4994
בַּגּוֹיִ֔םba.go.Yimamong the nationsH1471
מִ֥יmiwho?H4310
שָׁמַ֖עsha.Ma'has he heardH8085
כָּאֵ֑לֶּהka.'E.lehlike these [things]H428
שַֽׁעֲרֻרִת֙sha.'a.ru.Rita horrible [thing]H8186
עָשְׂתָ֣ה'a.se.Tahshe has doneH6213
מְאֹ֔דme.'OdexceedinglyH3966
בְּתוּלַ֖תbe.tu.Lat[the] virgin ofH1330
יִשְׂרָאֵֽל\׃Yis.ra.'ElIsraelH3478

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Cross references for Jeremiah 18:13

  • Jeremiah 5:30

    A wonderful and horrible thing is committed in the land;

  • Isaiah 66:8

    Who hath heard such a thing? who hath seen such things? Shall the earth be made to bring forth in one day? or shall a nation be born at once? for as soon as Zion travailed, she brought forth her children.

  • Jeremiah 23:14

    I have seen also in the prophets of Jerusalem an horrible thing: they commit adultery, and walk in lies: they strengthen also the hands of evildoers, that none doth return from his wickedness: they are all of them unto me as Sodom, and the inhabitants thereof as Gomorrah.

  • Hosea 6:10

    I have seen an horrible thing in the house of Israel: there is the whoredom of Ephraim, Israel is defiled.

  • Jeremiah 2:10-13

    For pass over the isles of Chittim, and see; and send unto Kedar, and consider diligently, and see if there be such a thing. Hath a nation changed their gods, which are yet no gods? but my people have changed their glory for that which doth not profit. Be astonished, O ye heavens, at this, and be horribly afraid, be ye very desolate, saith the Lord. For my people have committed two evils; they have forsaken me the fountain of living waters, and hewed them out cisterns, broken cisterns, that can hold no water.

  • Jeremiah 31:4

    Again I will build thee, and thou shalt be built, O virgin of Israel: thou shalt again be adorned with thy tabrets, and shalt go forth in the dances of them that make merry.

  • Jeremiah 14:17

    Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them; Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease: for the virgin daughter of my people is broken with a great breach, with a very grievous blow.

  • 1 Corinthians 5:1

    It is reported commonly that there is fornication among you, and such fornication as is not so much as named among the Gentiles, that one should have his father’s wife.

  • Isaiah 36:22

    Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the household, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, to Hezekiah with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

  • Lamentations 1:15

    The Lord hath trodden under foot all my mighty men in the midst of me: he hath called an assembly against me to crush my young men: the Lord hath trodden the virgin, the daughter of Judah, as in a winepress.

  • 1 Samuel 4:7

    And the Philistines were afraid, for they said, God is come into the camp. And they said, Woe unto us! for there hath not been such a thing heretofore.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Ask.
2:10-13
who.
1Sa 4:7; Isa 66:8; 1Co 5:1
virgin.
2:13; 14:17; 31:4; Isa 36:22; La 1:15
a very.
5:30; 23:14; Ho 6:10

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Context

  • Jeremiah 18:12

    And they said, There is no hope: but we will walk after our own devices, and we will every one do the imagination of his evil heart.

  • Jeremiah 18:13

    Therefore thus saith the Lord; Ask ye now among the heathen, who hath heard such things: the virgin of Israel hath done a very horrible thing.

  • Jeremiah 18:14

    Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon which cometh from the rock of the field? or shall the cold flowing waters that come from another place be forsaken?

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Jeremiah 18:13 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909
Por tanto, así dijo Jehová: Preguntad ahora á las gentes, quién tal haya oído. Gran fealdad ha hecho la virgen de Israel.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885
C’est pourquoi, ainsi dit l’ Éternel: Demandez aux nations: Qui a entendu de telles choses? La vierge d’Israël a fait une chose très horrible.
German
Elberfelder 1871
Darum, so spricht Jehova: Fraget doch unter den Nationen! wer hat dergleichen gehört? Gar Schauderhaftes hat die Jungfrau Israel getan.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate
Ideo hæc dicit Dominus: Interrogate gentes: Quis audivit talia horribilia, quæ fecit nimis virgo Israël?