"Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem." — Jeremiah 13:9

Jeremiah 13:9 · KJV

“Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.”

— Jeremiah 13:9

Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

This evil people, which refuse to hear my words, which walk in the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them, shall even be as this girdle, which is good for nothing. {imagination: or, stubbornness}

Jeremiah 13 — Context

Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it: and, behold, the girdle was marred, it was profitable for nothing.

Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying,

Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.

For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, saith the LORD; that they might be unto me for a people, and for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory: but they would not hear.

Cross References

Leviticus 26:19

And I will break the pride of your power; and I will make your heaven as iron, and your earth as brass:

Proverbs 16:18

Pride {goeth} before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.

Zephaniah 3:11

In that day shalt thou not be ashamed for all thy doings, wherein thou hast transgressed against me: for then I will take away out of the midst of thee them that rejoice in thy pride, and thou shalt no more be haughty because of my holy mountain. {because...: Heb. in my holy}

Isaiah 23:9

The LORD of hosts hath purposed it, to stain the pride of all glory, {and} to bring into contempt all the honourable of the earth. {to stain: Heb. to pollute}

Isaiah 2:10-17

Enter into the rock, and hide thee in the dust, for fear of the LORD, and for the glory of his majesty.

Jeremiah 13:15-17

Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.

Jeremiah 18:4-6

And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make {it}. {of clay...: or, was marred, as clay in the hand of the potter} {made it...: Heb. returned and made, etc}

Nahum 2:2

For the LORD hath turned away the excellency of Jacob, as the excellency of Israel: for the emptiers have emptied them out, and marred their vine branches. {the excellency of Jacob...: or, the pride of Jacob as the pride, etc}