The Meaning of Jeremiah 13:26 Explained

Jeremiah 13:26

KJV: Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

YLT: I also have made bare thy skirts before thy face, And thy shame hath been seen.

Darby: Therefore will I also turn thy skirts over thy face, and thy shame shall be seen.

ASV: Therefore will I also uncover thy skirts upon thy face, and thy shame shall appear.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

Therefore will I discover  thy skirts  upon thy face,  that thy shame  may appear. 

What does Jeremiah 13:26 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Yahweh Himself would be the One responsible for Jerusalem"s humiliation (cf. Jeremiah 13:22).

Chapter Summary: Jeremiah 13

1  By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates,
9  God prefigures the destruction of his people
12  By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery
15  He exhorts to prevent their future judgments
22  He shows their abominations are the cause thereof

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 13:26 mean?

Therefore I will uncover your skirts over your face that may appear your shame
וְגַם־ אֲנִ֛י חָשַׂ֥פְתִּי שׁוּלַ֖יִךְ עַל־ פָּנָ֑יִךְ וְנִרְאָ֖ה קְלוֹנֵֽךְ

חָשַׂ֥פְתִּי  will  uncover 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Perfect, first person common singular
Root: חֲשׂוּפַי 
Sense: to strip, strip off, lay bare, make bare, draw out.
שׁוּלַ֖יִךְ  your  skirts 
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: שׁוּל  
Sense: skirt (of robe).
עַל־  over 
Parse: Preposition
Root: עַל 
Sense: upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against.
פָּנָ֑יִךְ  your  face 
Parse: Noun, common plural construct, second person feminine singular
Root: לִפְנֵי 
Sense: face.
וְנִרְאָ֖ה  that  may  appear 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Nifal, Conjunctive perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: רָאָה 
Sense: to see, look at, inspect, perceive, consider.
קְלוֹנֵֽךְ  your  shame 
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct, second person feminine singular
Root: קָלֹון  
Sense: shame, disgrace, dishonour, ignominy.

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