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Jeremiah 13:26
So I will pull your skirts up over your face, that your shame may be seen.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — God speaks through Jeremiah to Judah, pronouncing immediate judgment after declaring their measured portion for forgetting Him and trusting falsehood.
The words — The Hebrew חָשַׂפְתִּי (cha.Saf.ti) means "I will strip off," paired with שׁוּלַיִךְ (shu.La.yi) for "your skirts," while קְלוֹנֵךְ (ke.lo.Ne) literally denotes "your shame" that will become visible.
The thread — The forced exposure of shame runs through Lamentations 1:8, the removal of coverings for lewdness in Hosea 2:10, and the public gathering of lovers in Ezekiel 16:37.
Why it lands — The text states that concealed sin will be violently uncovered, requiring a clear acknowledgment that accountability replaces any illusion of privacy.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.
Cross-references
- Lamentations 1:8 Jerusalem has sinned greatly; therefore she has become an object of scorn. All who honored her now despise her, for they have seen her nakedness; she herself groans and turns away.
- Hosea 2:10 And then I will expose her lewdness in the sight of her lovers, and no one will deliver her out of My hands.
- Ezekiel 16:37 therefore I will surely gather all the lovers with whom you found pleasure, all those you loved and all those you hated. I will gather them against you from all around and expose you before them, and they will see you completely naked.
- Ezekiel 23:29 They will treat you with hatred, take all for which you have worked, and leave you naked and bare, so that the shame of your prostitution will be exposed. Your indecency and promiscuity
- Jeremiah 13:22 And if you ask yourself, “Why has this happened to me?” It is because of the magnitude of your iniquity that your skirts have been stripped off and your body has been exposed.