Listen and give heed. Do not be arrogant, for the LORD has spoken.
Parallel translations
- WEB Hear, and give ear. Don’t be proud; for Yahweh has spoken.
- KJV Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
- NKJV Hear and give ear: Do not be proud, For the Lord has spoken.
- NASB ¶Listen and pay attention, do not be haughty; For the Lord has spoken.
- NLT Listen and pay attention! Do not be arrogant, for the Lord has spoken.
Scripture taken from the New King James Version®. Copyright © 1982 by Thomas Nelson. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
Scripture quotations taken from the (NASB®) New American Standard Bible®, Copyright © 1960, 1971, 1977, 1995, 2020 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission. All rights reserved. lockman.org
Scripture quotations are taken from the Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved.
Quick answer
Jeremiah pleads with the people to listen humbly, for the LORD has spoken.
Overview
After the warning, the prophet calls for humble attentiveness to God's word. Pride is the root sin he urges them to abandon. The summons to hear God in humility remains the path of wisdom and life for every generation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 8
- Isa 28:14–22Therefore hear the word of the LORD, O scoffers who rule this people in Jerusalem.
- Rev 2:29He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches.
- Jer 26:15But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood upon yourselves, upon this city, and upon its residents; for truly the LORD has sent me to speak all these words in your hearing.”
- Acts 4:19–20But Peter and John replied, “Judge for yourselves whether it is right in God’s sight to listen to you rather than God.
- Amos 7:15But the LORD took me from following the flock and said to me, ‘Go, prophesy to My people Israel.’
- Jas 4:10Humble yourselves before the Lord, and He will exalt you.
- Isa 42:23Who among you will pay attention to this? Who will listen and obey hereafter?
- Joel 1:2Hear this, O elders; and give ear, all who dwell in the land. Has anything like this ever happened in your days or in the days of your fathers?
Themes, concepts, people & topics
Resources, by level
Commentaries & study tools
Free animated overview and word-study videos for this book.
Sermons and teaching on this passage from across YouTube.
Clear, readable, conservative exposition — the best free place to start on any passage.
Matthew Henry, Barnes, Gill, the Pulpit Commentary, Ellicott, Cambridge, and more — stacked on one page for this exact verse.
The beloved Puritan exposition of this whole book — warm, devotional, and verse by verse (free, CCEL).
Hebrew/Greek interlinear, word definitions, and cross-references for this verse.
Christ at the center
Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
How Jeremiah 13:15 points to him is part of the one story that runs through all Scripture — meet Jesus at the heart of the web, or follow a trail that traces him from Genesis to Revelation.
Original language
Each word below is tagged with its Strong’s number — tap one to see the underlying Hebrew word, its meaning, and every verse that uses it.