Jeremiah 13:16

Translations

Modern

Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Traditional

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.

Literal

Give glory to YHWH your God before He brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you are looking for light, and He turns it into the shadow of death and makes it thick darkness.

Latin

Date Domino Deo vestro gloriam antequam contenebrescat, et antequam offendant pedes vestri ad montes caliginosos: exspectabitis lucem, et ponet eam in umbram mortis, et in caliginem.

Original

Hebrew

English

Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

Notes

Jeremiah 13:15–16

Jeremiah urged the people to listen and not be proud, but to change their attitude. If they refused to recognize the Lord as the one true God of Israel, a terrible darkness would come over the nation.

Theme notes and profiles

The Glory of God The Stone the Builders Rejected

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

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Joshua 7:19
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Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Jeremiah (Person)

Topics

Darkness of Judgments Darkness: Degrees of, Mentioned: Gross Idolatry: Warnings Against, and Punishments of Procrastination: To be Avoided in Glorifying God Prophecies Concerning Israel: Prophecies Concerning of War and Other Judgments Repentance: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To

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