Jeremiah 13:12-27

Jeremiah 13:12-27

[12] Therefore thou shalt speak  unto them this word;  Thus saith  the LORD  God  of Israel,  Every bottle  shall be filled  with wine:  and they shall say  unto thee, Do we not certainly  that every bottle  shall be filled  with wine?  [13] Then shalt thou say  the LORD,  Behold, I will fill  all the inhabitants  of this land,  even the kings  that sit  upon David's  throne,  and the priests,  and the prophets,  and all the inhabitants  of Jerusalem,  with drunkenness.  [14] And I will dash  them one  against another,  even the fathers  and the sons  together,  saith  the LORD:  I will not pity,  nor spare,  nor have mercy,  but destroy  them. [15] Hear  ye, and give ear;  be not proud:  for the LORD  hath spoken.  [16] 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.  [17] But if ye will not hear  it, my soul  shall weep  in secret places  for  your pride;  and mine eye  shall weep  and run down  with tears,  because the LORD'S  flock  is carried away captive.  [18] Say  unto the king  and to the queen,  Humble  yourselves, sit down:  for your principalities  shall come down,  even the crown  of your glory.  [19] The cities  of the south  shall be shut up,  and none shall open  them: Judah  shall be carried away captive  all of it, it shall be wholly  carried away captive.  [20] Lift up  your eyes,  and behold  them that come  from the north:  where is the flock  that was given  thee, thy beautiful  flock?  [21] What 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?  [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.  [23] Can the Ethiopian  change  his skin,  or the leopard  his spots?  then may  ye also do good,  that are accustomed  to do evil.  [24] Therefore will I scatter  them as the stubble  that passeth away  by the wind  of the wilderness.  [25] This is thy lot,  the portion  of thy measures  from me, saith  the LORD;  because thou hast forgotten  me, and trusted  in falsehood.  [26] Therefore will I discover  thy skirts  upon thy face,  that thy shame  may appear.  [27] I have seen  thine adulteries,  and thy neighings,  the lewdness  of thy whoredom,  and thine abominations  on the hills  in the fields.  Woe  unto thee, O Jerusalem!  wilt thou not be made clean?  when shall it once  be?