Jeremiah 13:22

And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
say	תֹאמְרִי֙ to.me.Ri	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person feminine singular
heart	בִּלְבָבֵ֔ךְ bil.va.Vekh	H3824	the heart (as the most interior organ) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
come	קְרָאֻ֣נִי ke.ra.'U.ni	H7122	to encounter · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person common plural + pronominal suffix
greatness	בְּרֹ֧ב be.Ro	H7230	abundance (in any respect) · preposition + noun, common masculine singular construct
iniquity	עֲוֹנֵ֛ךְ 'a.vo.Nekh	H5771	perversity · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
skirts	שׁוּלַ֖יִךְ shu.La.yikh	H7757	a skirt · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
discovered	נִגְל֥וּ nig.Lu	H1540	to denude (especially in a disgraceful sense) · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural
heels	עֲקֵבָֽיִךְ 'a.ke.Va.yikh	H6119	a heel (as protuberant) · noun, common masculine plural construct + pronominal suffix, 2nd person feminine singular
bare	נֶחְמְס֥וּ nech.me.Su	H2554	to be violent · verb, niphal perfect, 3rd person common plural

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Cross-references

Nahum 3:5 Behold, I am against thee, saith the LORD of hosts; and I will discover thy skirts upon thy face, and I will shew the nations thy nakedness,…
Jeremiah 16:10-11 And it shall come to pass, when thou shalt shew this people all these words, and they shall say unto thee, Wherefore hath the LORD pronounce…
Jeremiah 5:19 And it shall come to pass, when ye shall say, Wherefore doeth the LORD our God all these things unto us? then shalt thou answer them, Like a…
Deuteronomy 7:17 If thou shalt say in thine heart, These nations are more than I; how can I dispossess them?
Jeremiah 9:2-9 Oh that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men; that I might leave my people, and go from them! for they be all adulterers…
Jeremiah 13:26 Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem hath grievously sinned; therefore she is removed: all that honoured her despise her, because they have seen her nakedness: yea, sh…
Hosea 2:10 And now will I discover her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and none shall deliver her out of mine hand.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:22–end

Here is, I. Ruin threatened as before, that the Jews shall go into captivity, and fall under all the miseries of beggary and bondage, shall be stripped of their clothes, their skirts discovered for want of upper garments to cover them, and their heels made bare for want of shoes, Jer 13:22. Thus they used to deal with prisoners taken in war, when they drove them into captivity, naked and barefoot, Isa 20:4. Being thus carried off into a strange country, they shall be scattered there, as the stubble that is blown away by the wind of the wilderness, and nobody is concerned to bring it together again, Jer 13:24. If the stubble escape the fire, it shall be carried away by the wind. If one judgme…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:22

if thou say--connecting this verse with "What wilt thou say" (Jer 13:21)? skirts discovered--that is, are thrown up so as to expose the person (Jer 13:26; Isa 3:17; Nah 3:5). heels made bare--The sandal was fastened by a thong above the heel to the instep. The Hebrew, is, "are violently handled," or "torn off"; that is, thou art exposed to ignominy. Image from an adulteress.

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:22

And if thou say in thine heart,.... Not daring to express it with the mouth; and which, notwithstanding, God, that knows the heart, was privy to, and could discern all the secret workings of it; putting such a question as this: wherefore come these things upon me? all these calamities, the invasion and siege of the enemy, famine, sword, captivity, &c.: the answer returned is, for the greatness of thine iniquity; the enormous crimes the Jews were guilty of, such as idolatry, blasphemy, &c. which were attended with aggravated circumstances: or, "for the multitude of thine iniquity" (h); their sins being so many, as well as great: are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare; being obl…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 13:22

The Church Fathers

(Verse 22) Do not pains seize you, like a woman in childbirth? And if you say in your heart, why have these things come to me? It is because the shameful things of your iniquity have been revealed, your plants have been defiled (or dishonored). While you do not know, like a woman experiencing sudden labor pains, so will sudden captivity seize you. And if you wish to argue and inquire why you have been handed over to the enemy, hear clearly, this multitude has brought upon you the iniquities of your own doing, so that your shame may be revealed, like that of a prostitute, with your clothes lifted and your public fornications exposed. By these things we learn to act patiently towards the Lord and to await our repentance as long as our sins are minor. But if we should desire to join sins to sins and to accumulate a heap of sins, our shameful things will be revealed and our deeds will be shown to all, either in this present age or in the future. For nothing is hidden that will not be revealed (Matth. X): when that of Daniel will be fulfilled: These will rise to eternal life, and those to everlasting shame and confusion (Dan. XII, 2).
— Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah

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Dictionary and topics

Dress — (1.) Materials used. The earliest and simplest an apron of fig-leaves sewed together (Gen. 3:7); then skins of animals (3:21). Elijah’s dress was probably the skin of a sheep (2 Kings 1:8). The…

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 13:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:22

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:22

John Calvin on Jeremiah 13:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 13:22

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 13:22–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 13:22

John Gill on Jeremiah 13:22

John Calvin on Jeremiah 13:22

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 13:22

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 13:20-22

Rashi on Jeremiah 13:22