Jeremiah 13:16

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¹⁴ I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons alike, declares the LORD. I will allow no mercy or pity or compassion to keep Me from destroying them.’”

¹⁵ Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.

Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.

¹⁷ But if you do not listen, I will weep in secret because of your pride. My eyes will overflow with tears, because the LORD’s flock has been taken captive.

¹⁸ Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.”

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB: Give glory to the LORD your God before He brings darkness, before your feet stumble on the dusky mountains. You wait for light, but He turns it into deep gloom and thick darkness.
KJV: Give glory to the LORD your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
WEB: Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it deep darkness.
ASV: Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, he turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.
DARBY: Give glory to Jehovah your God, before he cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the mountains of twilight; and ye shall look for light, but he will turn it into the shadow of death, and make [it] gross darkness.
BLB: Give glory to YHWH your⁺ God before He brings darkness, and before your⁺ feet stumble on the dark mountains, and while you⁺ are looking for light, and He turns it into the shadow of death and makes [it] thick darkness.

ÅB: Gi Herren deres Gud ære, før han lar det bli mørkt, og før deres føtter støter seg på de mørke fjell! Dere venter på lys, og han gjør det til dødsskygge, lar det bli til belgmørke!
OTB: Gi ære til Herren deres Gud før han bringer mørke og før føttene deres snubler på de mørknende åsene. Dere håper på lys, men han vil gjøre det til dyp mørke og forvandle det til tykk skodde.
B1930: Gi Herren eders Gud ære, før han lar det bli mørkt, og før eders føtter støter sig på de mørke fjell! I venter på lys, og han gjør det til dødsskygge, lar det bli til belgmørke!

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Isaiah 59:9
Therefore justice is far from us, and righteousness does not reach us. We hope for light, but there is darkness; for brightness, but we walk in gloom.
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Isaiah 8:22
Then they will look to the earth and see only distress and darkness and the gloom of anguish. And they will be driven into utter darkness.
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Isaiah 60:2
For behold, darkness covers the earth, and thick darkness is over the peoples; but the LORD will rise upon you, and His glory will appear over you.
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Proverbs 4:19
But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.
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Isaiah 5:30
In that day they will roar over it, like the roaring of the sea. If one looks over the land, he will see darkness and distress; even the light will be obscured by clouds.
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Joshua 7:19
So Joshua said to Achan, “My son, give glory to the LORD, the God of Israel, and make a confession to Him. I urge you to tell me what you have done; do not hide it from me.”
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Amos 8:9–10
And in that day, declares the Lord GOD, I will make the sun go down at noon, and I will darken the earth in the daytime.
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Jeremiah 23:12
“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.
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