Jeremiah 13:17-19

Contemporary English Version

¹⁷If you are too proud to listen,
I will weep alone.
Tears will stream from my eyes
when the Lord's people
are taken away as prisoners.

¹⁸The Lord told me to tell you
that your king and his mother^[a]
    must surrender their thrones
    and remove their crowns.^[b]
¹⁹The cities in the Southern Desert
are surrounded;
    no one can get in or out.
Everyone in Judah
    will be taken away.

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Footnotes

13.18 mother: The king's mother usually had an important position in the royal court.
13.18 and remove their crowns: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.