Bible Strands
Jeremiah 13:15
Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Yahweh speaks through Jeremiah to Judah at the threshold of the unmitigated judgment declared in verse 14. The command is issued immediately before the warning of verse 16, placing the audience at the moment of impending darkness and divine reckoning.
The words — תִּגְבָּ֑הוּ (tig.Ba.hu) translates literally to "you be haughty," and יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר (Yah.weh di.Ber) means "Yahweh has spoken." These terms mark the direct contrast between human pride and the finality of divine declaration.
The thread — The demand to heed God’s word before judgment appears in Isaiah 28:14 and Isaiah 42:23, while the structural call to listen recurs in Revelation 2:29. This verse links the prophetic warning of coming darkness with the broader biblical pattern of urgent divine summons.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to cease arrogance and pay attention because Yahweh’s declaration is authoritative and irreversible. It demands immediate compliance with divine speech before the announced judgment arrives.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken.
Cross-references
- Isaiah 28:14 Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
- Revelation 2:29 He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Isaiah 42:23 Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
- Jeremiah 26:15 But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
- Joel 1:2 Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?
- Amos 7:15 But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
- Acts 4:19 But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
- James 4:10 Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.