The Meaning of Jeremiah 13:15 Explained

Jeremiah 13:15

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

YLT: Hear, and give ear -- be not haughty, For Jehovah hath spoken.

Darby: Hear ye, and give ear, be not lifted up; for Jehovah hath spoken.

ASV: Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud; for Jehovah hath spoken.

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Jeremiah 13:15 Mean?

Verse Meaning

Jeremiah called the people to pay attention, and not to disregard what he would tell them because they thought it was unimportant. Yahweh had a message for them.

Chapter Summary: 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

What do the individual words in Jeremiah 13:15 mean?

Hear and give ear not do be proud for Yahweh has spoken
שִׁמְע֥וּ וְהַאֲזִ֖ינוּ אַל־ תִּגְבָּ֑הוּ כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה דִּבֵּֽר

שִׁמְע֥וּ  Hear 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: שָׁמַע 
Sense: to hear, listen to, obey.
וְהַאֲזִ֖ינוּ  and  give  ear 
Parse: Conjunctive waw, Verb, Hifil, Imperative, masculine plural
Root: אָזַן  
Sense: to hear, listen.
תִּגְבָּ֑הוּ  do  be  proud 
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, second person masculine plural
Root: גָּבַהּ  
Sense: to be high, be exalted.
יְהוָ֖ה  Yahweh 
Parse: Proper Noun, masculine singular
Root: יהוה 
Sense: the proper name of the one true God.
דִּבֵּֽר  has  spoken 
Parse: Verb, Piel, Perfect, third person masculine singular
Root: דָּבַר 
Sense: to speak, declare, converse, command, promise, warn, threaten, sing.