Jeremiah 13:9 · World English Bible
Jeremiah 13:9 Meaning Yahweh Says
Yahweh says, ‘In this way I, will ruin the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem.
What does Jeremiah 13:9 mean?
Pride swells quietly until a heart mistakes the borrowed for the owned, forgetting that every good in it was lent. So the belt that was proud is left to rot, and the ruin is really a mercy, stripping away the puffed-up self that stood between the person and the truth of who holds them.
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Pride swells quietly until a heart mistakes the borrowed for the owned, forgetting that every good in it was lent. So the belt that was proud is left to rot, and the ruin is really a mercy, stripping away the puffed-up self that stood between the person and the truth of who holds them.
The cure is to lower oneself before being lowered, to hand back the credit while the choice is still one's own. Even here God is present, not absent in the wreckage but the very reality the pride had hidden, showing Himself the moment the false height comes down.
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Live Jeremiah 13:9 today
- Think of one thing you are quietly proud of, the work, the way your kids turned out, how you handle money, and name honestly who and what else made it possible. Keep the list long enough that it stops being flattering.
- Next time you are telling a story about yourself in a group chat or at dinner, give the credit away where it belongs instead of letting it drift to you by accident. Say the other person's name.
- When you get corrected in front of other people, in a meeting or on a thread, try saying you were wrong with no clause attached. The clause is where the pride lives.
What would I be if the thing I am proudest of were gone tomorrow?
The same truth in other traditions
Tao Te Ching 9
Fill a cup to the brim and it spills. The one who keeps nothing swollen stays unbroken, because there is nothing stretched tight enough to burst.
Stoicism · Epictetus
Everything you call yours is on loan and the lender may ask for it back any day. Say it out loud while you still have it and the asking will not break you.
Buddhism · the Dhammapada
Conceit is a weight a person carries without knowing. Setting it down early is lighter than being made to drop it.
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