King Jehoiachin of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon: himself, his mother, his servants, his officers, and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign.
Jeremiah 13:18 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021 Say to the king and the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.” More versionsKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Say to the king and the queen mother, Humble yourselves and take a lowly seat, for down from your head has come your beautiful crown (the crown of your glory). American Standard Version (1901) Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother, Humble yourselves, sit down; for your headtires are come down, even the crown of your glory. Common English Bible Tell the king and the queen mother: Come down from your lofty place, because your glorious crowns will soon be removed from your heads. Catholic Public Domain Version "Say to the king and to the female ruler: Humble yourselves, sit down. For the crown of your glory has gone down from your head. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Say to the king and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head. |
King Jehoiachin of Judah gave himself up to the king of Babylon: himself, his mother, his servants, his officers, and his palace officials. The king of Babylon took him prisoner in the eighth year of his reign.
He carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon; the king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officials, and the elite of the land, he took into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon.
While he was in distress, he entreated the favor of the Lord his God and humbled himself greatly before the God of his ancestors.
His prayer, and how God received his entreaty, all his sin and his faithlessness, the sites on which he built high places and set up the sacred poles and the images, before he humbled himself, these are written in the records of the seers.
He did not humble himself before the Lord, as his father Manasseh had humbled himself, but this Amon incurred more and more guilt.
So Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said to him, “Thus says the Lord, the God of the Hebrews: How long will you refuse to humble yourself before me? Let my people go, so that they may serve me.
and the turban of fine linen, and the headdresses of fine linen, and the linen undergarments of fine twisted linen,
the headdresses, the armlets, the sashes, the perfume boxes, and the amulets;
And her gates shall lament and mourn; desolate, she shall sit upon the ground.
Come down and sit in the dust, virgin daughter Babylon! Sit on the ground without a throne, daughter Chaldea! For you shall no more be called tender and delicate.
As I live, says the Lord, even if King Coniah son of Jehoiakim of Judah were the signet ring on my right hand, even from there I would tear you off
I will hurl you and the mother who bore you into another country, where you were not born, and there you shall die.
This was after King Jeconiah and the queen mother, the court officials, the leaders of Judah and Jerusalem, the artisans, and the smiths had departed from Jerusalem.
When they heard all the words, they turned to one another in alarm and said to Baruch, “We certainly must report all these words to the king.”
From daughter Zion has departed all her majesty. Her princes have become like stags that find no pasture; they fled without strength before the pursuer.
Her uncleanness was in her skirts; she took no thought of her future; her downfall was appalling, with none to comfort her. Look, O Lord, at my affliction, for the enemy has triumphed!
The elders of daughter Zion sit on the ground in silence; they have thrown dust on their heads; they put on sackcloth; the young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.
a ring on your nose, earrings in your ears, and a beautiful crown upon your head.
thus says the Lord God: Remove the turban, take off the crown; things shall not remain as they are. Exalt that which is low; humble that which is high.
Groan quietly; make no mourning for the dead. Bind on your turban, and put your sandals on your feet; do not cover your upper lip or eat the bread of mourners.
Your turbans shall be on your heads and your sandals on your feet; you shall not mourn or weep, but you shall pine away in your iniquities and groan to one another.
They shall have linen turbans on their heads and linen undergarments on their loins; they shall not bind themselves with anything that causes sweat.
But when his heart was lifted up and his spirit was hardened so that he acted proudly, he was deposed from his kingly throne, and his glory was stripped from him.
When the news reached the king of Nineveh, he rose from his throne, removed his robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Whoever becomes humble like this child is the greatest in the kingdom of heaven.
Humble yourselves, therefore, under the mighty hand of God, so that he may exalt you in due time.