Jeremiah 13:18
New International Version
Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Come down from your thrones, for your glorious crowns will fall from your heads.”

New Living Translation
Say to the king and his mother, “Come down from your thrones and sit in the dust, for your glorious crowns will soon be snatched from your heads.”

English Standard Version
Say to the king and the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.”

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

King James Bible
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

New King James Version
Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves; Sit down, For your rule shall collapse, the crown of your glory.”

New American Standard Bible
Say to the king and the queen mother, “Take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown Has come down from your head.”

NASB 1995
Say to the king and the queen mother, “Take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown Has come down from your head.”

NASB 1977
Say to the king and the queen mother, “Take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown Has come down from your head.”

Legacy Standard Bible
Say to the king and the queen mother, “Take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown Has come down from your head.”

Amplified Bible
Say to the king and the queen mother, “Humble yourselves and take a lowly seat, For your beautiful crown [the crown of your glory] Has come down from your head.”

Christian Standard Bible
Say to the king and the queen mother: Take a humble seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Say to the king and the queen mother: Take a humble seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.

American Standard Version
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.

Contemporary English Version
The LORD told me to tell you that your king and his mother must surrender their thrones and remove their crowns.

English Revised Version
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.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Say to the king and his mother, "Come down from your thrones, because your crowns have fallen off your heads."

Good News Translation
The LORD said to me, "Tell the king and his mother to come down from their thrones, because their beautiful crowns have fallen from their heads.

International Standard Version
Say to the king and the queen mother, "Come take a lowly seat, because your beautiful crowns have fallen off your heads."

Majority Standard Bible
Say to the king and to the queen mother: ?Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.?

NET Bible
The LORD told me, "Tell the king and the queen mother, 'Surrender your thrones, for your glorious crowns will be removed from your heads.

New Heart English Bible
"Say to the king and to the queen mother, 'Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have come down from your heads.

Webster's Bible Translation
Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

World English Bible
Say to the king and to the queen mother, “Humble yourselves. Sit down, for your crowns have come down, even the crown of your glory.
Literal Translations
Literal Standard Version
Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low—sit still, "" For your principalities have come down, "" The crown of your beauty.

Young's Literal Translation
Say to the king and to the mistress: Make yourselves low -- sit still, For come down have your principalities, The crown of your beauty.

Smith's Literal Translation
Say to the king and to the mistress, Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory was brought down from your heads.
Catholic Translations
Douay-Rheims Bible
Say to the king, and to the queen: Humble yourselves, sit down: for the crown of your glory is come down from your head.

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.

New American Bible
Say to the king and to the queen mother: come down from your throne; From your heads your splendid crowns will fall.

New Revised Standard Version
Say to the king and the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.”
Translations from Aramaic
Lamsa Bible
Say to the king and to the princes, Humble yourselves and repent, for the crown of your glory has fallen from your heads.

Peshitta Holy Bible Translated
Say to the King and to the Princes: “Be humble and return to God, because the crown of your glory has fallen from your head”
OT Translations
JPS Tanakh 1917
Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother: 'Sit ye down low; For your headtires are come down, Even your beautiful crown.'

Brenton Septuagint Translation
Say ye to the king and the princes, Humble yourselves, and sit down; for your crown of glory is removed from your head.

Additional Translations ...
Audio Bible



Context
Captivity Threatened
17But 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. 18Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat, for your glorious crowns have fallen from your heads.” 19The cities of the Negev have been shut tight, and no one can open them. All Judah has been carried into exile, wholly taken captive.…

Cross References
2 Kings 24:12
Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants, his commanders, and his officials all surrendered to the king of Babylon. So in the eighth year of his reign, the king of Babylon took him captive.

2 Kings 25:27-30
On the twenty-seventh day of the twelfth month of the thirty-seventh year of the exile of Judah’s King Jehoiachin, in the year Evil-merodach became king of Babylon, he released King Jehoiachin of Judah from prison. / And he spoke kindly to Jehoiachin and set his throne above the thrones of the other kings who were with him in Babylon. / So Jehoiachin changed out of his prison clothes, and he dined regularly at the king’s table for the rest of his life. ...

Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground.

Ezekiel 21:25-27
And you, O profane and wicked prince of Israel, the day has come for your final punishment.’ / This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Remove the turban, and take off the crown. Things will not remain as they are: Exalt the lowly and bring low the exalted. / A ruin, a ruin, I will make it a ruin! And it will not be restored until the arrival of Him to whom it belongs, to whom I have assigned the right of judgment.’

Isaiah 3:16-26
The LORD also says: “Because the daughters of Zion are haughty—walking with heads held high and wanton eyes, prancing and skipping as they go, jingling the bracelets on their ankles— / the Lord will bring sores on the heads of the daughters of Zion, and the LORD will make their foreheads bare.” / In that day the Lord will take away their finery: their anklets and headbands and crescents; ...

Isaiah 22:15-19
This is what the Lord GOD of Hosts says: “Go, say to Shebna, the steward in charge of the palace: / What are you doing here, and who authorized you to carve out a tomb for yourself here—to chisel your tomb in the height and cut your resting place in the rock? / Look, O mighty man! The LORD is about to shake you violently. He will take hold of you, ...

Ezekiel 12:12-13
And at dusk the prince among them will lift his bags to his shoulder and go out. They will dig through the wall to bring him out. He will cover his face so he cannot see the land. / But I will spread My net over him, and he will be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, the land of the Chaldeans; yet he will not see it, and there he will die.

Hosea 10:7
Samaria will be carried off with her king like a twig on the surface of the water.

Amos 4:2-3
The Lord GOD has sworn by His holiness: “Behold, the days are coming when you will be taken away with hooks, and your posterity with fishhooks. / You will go out through broken walls, each one straight ahead of her, and you will be cast out toward Harmon,” declares the LORD.

Micah 1:16
Shave yourselves bald and cut off your hair in mourning for your precious children; make yourselves as bald as an eagle, for they will go from you into exile.

Matthew 23:12
For whoever exalts himself will be humbled, and whoever humbles himself will be exalted.

Luke 1:52
He has brought down rulers from their thrones, but has exalted the humble.

Luke 14:11
For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

Luke 18:14
I tell you, this man, rather than the Pharisee, went home justified. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”

James 4:6
But He gives us more grace. This is why it says: “God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.”


Treasury of Scripture

Say to the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory.

unto.

Jeremiah 22:26
And I will cast thee out, and thy mother that bare thee, into another country, where ye were not born; and there shall ye die.

2 Kings 24:12,15
And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, he, and his mother, and his servants, and his princes, and his officers: and the king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign…

Ezekiel 19:2
And say, What is thy mother? A lioness: she lay down among lions, she nourished her whelps among young lions.

humble.

Exodus 10:3
And Moses and Aaron came in unto Pharaoh, and said unto him, Thus saith the LORD God of the Hebrews, How long wilt thou refuse to humble thyself before me? let my people go, that they may serve me.

2 Chronicles 33:12,19,23
And when he was in affliction, he besought the LORD his God, and humbled himself greatly before the God of his fathers, …

Matthew 18:4
Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven.

sit.

Isaiah 3:26
And her gates shall lament and mourn; and she being desolate shall sit upon the ground.

Isaiah 47:1
Come down, and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon, sit on the ground: there is no throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans: for thou shalt no more be called tender and delicate.

Lamentations 2:10
The elders of the daughter of Zion sit upon the ground, and keep silence: they have cast up dust upon their heads; they have girded themselves with sackcloth: the virgins of Jerusalem hang down their heads to the ground.

principalities.

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Jeremiah 13
1. By the type of a linen belt, hidden at Euphrates,
9. God prefigures the destruction of his people.
12. By the parable of bottles filled with wine he foretells their drunkenness in misery.
15. He exhorts to prevent their future judgments.
22. He shows their abominations are the cause thereof.














Say to the king and the queen mother
This phrase directly addresses the ruling authorities of Judah, emphasizing the importance of leadership in guiding the spiritual and moral direction of a nation. The Hebrew word for "king" is "melek," which denotes not just a political leader but one who is supposed to embody the covenantal relationship between God and His people. The "queen mother" (Hebrew: "gebirah") held significant influence in the royal court, often advising the king. This highlights the shared responsibility in leadership and the potential impact of their decisions on the nation's spiritual health.

Take a lowly seat
The call to "take a lowly seat" is a directive towards humility. In Hebrew, the concept of humility is often linked with the word "anavah," which implies a recognition of one's position before God. This phrase suggests a reversal of fortunes and a call to repentance. It is a reminder that earthly power is temporary and that true honor comes from submission to God's will.

for your glorious crowns
The "glorious crowns" symbolize authority, honor, and the divine right to rule. In ancient Near Eastern culture, crowns were not just physical adornments but represented the divine favor and legitimacy of a ruler. The Hebrew word for "crown" is "atarah," which can also mean a wreath or garland, signifying victory and celebration. However, the impending loss of these crowns serves as a warning that divine favor is contingent upon obedience to God.

will fall from your heads
The imagery of crowns falling from heads signifies the loss of authority and the impending judgment. In the biblical context, this is a powerful metaphor for the consequences of disobedience and pride. The Hebrew verb "naphal," meaning "to fall," often conveys suddenness and inevitability. This serves as a stark reminder of the transient nature of human power and the ultimate sovereignty of God over all earthly rulers.

(18) The queen.--Not the usual word, the Hebrew feminine of king, but literally "the great lady" ("dominatrix" Vulg.), the title of a queen-mother (in this case, probably, of Nehushta, the mother of Jehoiachin, 2Kings 24:8), sharing the throne during her son's minority. The same word is used of Maachah, the mother of Asa (1Kings 15:13; 2Kings 10:13; 2Chronicles 15:16), and meets us again in Jeremiah 29:2.

Your principalities.--Literally, as in the margin, your head-tires, i.e., the diadems which were signs of kingly state. The word is used nowhere else, and may have been coined by the prophet or taken from the court vocabulary of the time. . . .

Verse 18. - The extent of the calamity shown in individual instances. For the fulfillment, see 2 Kings 24:15. After a reign of three months, the young prince and his mother were carried to Babylon. And to the queen; rather, and to the queen-mother (literally, the mistress). It will be noticed that, except in two cases, the names of the mothers of the reigning kings of Judah are scrupulously mentioned in the Books of Kings. This and the title of "mistress" are indications of the high rank they enjoyed in the social system. In the case of Asa, we are told that he removed his mother, Maachah, from her position as "mistress," or queen-mother, on account of her idolatry (1 Kings 15:13). The political value of the station is strikingly shown by the ease with which Athaliah, as queen-mother, usurped the supreme authority (2 Kings 11.). From an historical point of view, the "queen-mother" of the Jews is a most interesting personage; she is a relic of the primitive age in which relationship was reckoned with regard to the mother (so with the Accadians, Etruseans, Finns, etc.). It should be added, however, that once (viz. 1 Kings 11:19) the same title, "mistress," is applied to the queen-consort. Humble yourselves, sit down; rather, sit down in abase-sent; i.e. take the station suitable for your abased circumstances (comp. Isaiah 47:1). Your principalities; rather, your head. ornaments.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
Say
אֱמֹ֥ר (’ĕ·mōr)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to the king
לַמֶּ֛לֶךְ (lam·me·leḵ)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 4428: A king

and to the queen mother:
וְלַגְּבִירָ֖ה (wə·lag·gə·ḇî·rāh)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 1377: Lady, queen

“Take a lowly
הַשְׁפִּ֣ילוּ (haš·pî·lū)
Verb - Hifil - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 8213: To be or become low, to be abased

seat,
שֵׁ֑בוּ (šê·ḇū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 3427: To sit down, to dwell, to remain, to settle, to marry

for
כִּ֤י (kî)
Conjunction
Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction

your glorious
תִּֽפְאַרְתְּכֶֽם׃ (tip̄·’ar·tə·ḵem)
Noun - feminine singular construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 8597: Beauty, glory

crowns
עֲטֶ֖רֶת (‘ă·ṭe·reṯ)
Noun - feminine singular construct
Strong's 5850: A crown, wreath

have fallen
יָרַד֙ (yā·raḏ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend

from your heads.
מַרְאֲשׁ֣וֹתֵיכֶ֔ם (mar·’ă·šō·w·ṯê·ḵem)
Noun - feminine plural construct | second person masculine plural
Strong's 4761: Headship, dominion


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