Carla

All good and perfect gifts come from God. Give Him the praise and thanks that He deserves.

We cannot fathom the love God has for His creation, and what He can accomplish through those who return His love. We enter into relationship through Jesus Christ.

It has nothing to do with us or our goodness…nothing! It has everything to do with His! He alone is to be glorified.

This oracle first calls for repentance. It then addresses the downfall of the king and highlights how Judah’s idolatry has led to destruction. With a focus on both repentance and exile, this oracle may reflect a time after the exile of the king in 597 bc but before the ultimate destruction of Jerusalem and the temple in 586 bc.. Faithlife Bible.

Proud here refers to self-exaltation and contempt for the spoken or revealed word of God.

To give glory to God is to exalt and worship Him. This verse warns of the consequences of failing to glorify God. Four Hebrew synonyms for darkness are found in this verse, deepening the impression of divine displeasure meted out against God’s people. In the rugged mountains that dominate the landscape of Judah, where walking in the dark is hazardous, no hope or light would be discerned. Jeremiah had been told not to pray for the rebellious and unresponsive people of Judah, but here he expresses in secret his deep lament for the Lord’s flock, who had been carried away into exile.

Pride Precedes Captivity

Jeremiah 13:15–17 (NKJV)

¹⁵ Hear and give ear:

Do not be proud,

For the Lord has spoken.

¹⁶ Give glory to the Lord your God

Before He causes darkness,

And before your feet stumble

On the dark mountains,

And while you are looking for light,

He turns it into the shadow of death

And makes it dense darkness.

¹⁷ But if you will not hear it,

My soul will weep in secret for your pride;

My eyes will weep bitterly

And run down with tears,

Because the Lord’s flock has been taken captive.

Joshua 7:19 (NKJV)

¹⁹ Now Joshua said to Achan, “My son, I beg you, give glory to the Lord God of Israel, and make confession to Him, and tell me now what you have done; do not hide it from me.”

Psalm 96:7 (NKJV)

⁷ Give to the Lord, O families of the peoples,

Give to the Lord glory and strength.

Psalm 119:136 (NKJV)

¹³⁶ Rivers of water run down from my eyes,

Because men do not keep Your law.