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17 But if you will not listen,
    my soul will weep in secret for your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly and run down with tears,
    because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

18 Say to the king and the queen mother:
    ‘Take a lowly seat,
for your beautiful crown
    has come down from your head.’[a]
19 The towns of the Negeb are shut up
    with no one to open them;
all Judah is taken into exile,
    wholly taken into exile.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 13:18 Gk Syr Vg: Meaning of Heb uncertain

17 If you do not listen,(A)
    I will weep in secret
    because of your pride;
my eyes will weep bitterly,
    overflowing with tears,(B)
    because the Lord’s flock(C) will be taken captive.(D)

18 Say to the king(E) and to the queen mother,(F)
    “Come down from your thrones,
for your glorious crowns(G)
    will fall from your heads.”
19 The cities in the Negev will be shut up,
    and there will be no one to open them.
All Judah(H) will be carried into exile,
    carried completely away.

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