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Jeremiah 13:22 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 13 · verse 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.Jeremiah 13:22 · King James Version
Jeremiah 13:22 in context
20Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
21What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
22And 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.
23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
24Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away by the wind of the wilderness.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- discoveredgâlâhto denudeH1540 →
- greatnessrôbabundanceH7230 →
- iniquityʻâvônperversityH5771 →
- skirtsshûwla skirtH7757 →
- heartlêbâbthe heartH3824 →
- heelsʻâqêba heelH6119 →
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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.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 22-27