Jeremiah 13:25
in Jeremiah 13This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you,” declares the LORD, “because you have forgotten Me and trusted in falsehood.
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ASV
This is thy lot, the portion measured unto thee from me, saith Jehovah; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
KJV
This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
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This verse in Jeremiah 13
Commentary
8 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
The portion of thy measures - i. e., “thy measured portion” Job 11:9. Others render it: “the portion of thy lap,” the upper garment being constantly used for holding things Rth 3:15. In falsehood i. e - in idols (see the marginal reference).
This site's exposition
Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots
on Jeremiah 13:23-25
The question “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots” describes evil grown into habit. Their sin has become as fixed as color to skin. Verse 25 gives the sentence that habit has earned, “This is your lot, the portion I have measured to you”.
This site's exposition
This is your lot
Albert Barnes gives two readings of the portion: a share measured out, or the portion of your lap, held in the fold of a garment. The falsehood is the idols, and Adam Clarke adds the lying prophets. The portion fits the sin.
The record, by era
The Church Fathers1 voice
(Verse 24, 25.) And I will scatter them like chaff that is blown away by the wind in the desert. This is your portion and your measure from me, says the Lord (or also a part of your disobedience against me).
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
It is for their idolatry, their spiritual whoredom, that sin which is of all sins most provoking to the jealous God. They are exposed to a shameful calamity (
quarantine:debris (2026-07-29) — unbalanced-parens
This is thy lot,.... Meaning not the king's, or the queen's only, but the lot of the whole Jewish state: the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord; which were divided and distributed, and measured out to them by the Lord, who appointed these calamities to befall them, and brought them upon them, and that in righteous judgment.
A sign, the marring of a girdle, which the prophet had worn for some time, by hiding it in a hole of a rock near the river Euphrates. It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs, that a stupid unthinking people might be brought to consider, and believe, and be affected with what was thus set before them. He was to wear a linen girdle for some time,
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Trusted in falsehood - In idols, and in lying prophets.
The words behind it
12 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זֶ֣ה | zeh | this | H2088 → | 1180 times |
| גוֹרָלֵ֧ךְ | goralekh | [is] lot your | H1486 → | |
| מְנָת־ | menot- | [the] portion of | H4521 → | |
| מִדַּ֛יִךְ | midayikh | measure<s> your | H4055 → | |
| מֵֽאִתִּ֖י | meiti | from with <the> me | H854 → | 929 times |
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָ֑ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אֲשֶׁר֙ | ʾasher | that | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׁכַ֣חַתְּ | shakhachat | you have forgotten | H7911 → | 102 times |
| אוֹתִ֔י | ʾoti | <obj.> me | H853 → | 10935 times |
| וַֽתִּבְטְחִ֖י | vativtechi | and you have trusted | H982 → | 120 times |
| בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃ | bashaker | in <the> falsehood | H8267 → | 113 times |
זֶ֣הthis
zehH2088 →1180 times
גוֹרָלֵ֧ךְ[is] lot your
goralekhH1486 →
מְנָת־[the] portion of
menot-H4521 →
מִדַּ֛יִךְmeasure<s> your
midayikhH4055 →
מֵֽאִתִּ֖יfrom with <the> me
meitiH854 →929 times
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָ֑הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אֲשֶׁר֙that
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
שָׁכַ֣חַתְּyou have forgotten
shakhachatH7911 →102 times
אוֹתִ֔י<obj.> me
ʾotiH853 →10935 times
וַֽתִּבְטְחִ֖יand you have trusted
vativtechiH982 →120 times
בַּשָּֽׁקֶר׃in <the> falsehood
bashakerH8267 →113 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 11:6On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
it leads to
- Ezekiel 38:22
I will execute judgment upon him with plague and bloodshed. I will pour out torrents of rain, hailstones, fire, and sulfur on him and on his troops and on the many nations with him.
- Genesis 19:24
Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- Ezekiel 13:13
Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: In My wrath I will release a windstorm, and in My anger torrents of rain and hail will fall with destructive fury.
- Luke 17:29
But on the day Lot left Sodom, fire and sulfur rained down from heaven and destroyed them all.
- Psalms 75:8
For a cup is in the hand of the LORD, full of foaming wine mixed with spices. He pours from His cup, and all the wicked of the earth drink it down to the…
- Ezekiel 38:22
Through
Psalms 9:17The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.
it leads to
- Revelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This…
- Psalms 50:22
Now consider this, you who forget God, lest I tear you to pieces, with no one to rescue you:
- 2 Thessalonians 1:7–9
and to grant relief to you who are oppressed and to us as well. This will take place when the Lord Jesus is revealed from heaven with His mighty angels
- Revelation 21:8
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.