What Does Jeremiah 13:25 Mean in the King James?
This is thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood.
The analysis reads the King James wording.
King James Version The King James Version, first published in 1611. Selah Verse shows the standard text.
THE KEY
Falsehood becomes the refuge trusted here, and the verse names its consequence as a portion from the LORD.
THE MEANING
The verse speaks directly to you: your portion comes from the LORD, and it is tied to forgetting God and trusting falsehood. Forgetting and misplaced trust appear together as a shift in where you place your reliance.
WHAT THIS UNDOES
The false belief this undoes is that a false refuge can keep you beyond consequence; here, that very trust is named as part of the cause of your lot.
THE ROOT
וַתִּבְטְחִי
vattivteḥi
GROWS FROM
בטח
to trust, rely on, or feel secure
“trusted” in this verse is vattivteḥi. The verb carries the sense of treating something as secure enough to lean on. The verse’s sting is that falsehood has been given the place of refuge.
ALSO GROWS
beṭaḥ: securely; in security
בֶּטַח
It shows the security carried by this root, making the trust placed in falsehood feel like a shelter.
mibṭaḥ: security, trust, or refuge
מִבְטָח
This branch names what the verse exposes: the thing trusted has been made a refuge.
בַּשָּׁקֶר
bashsheqer
GROWS FROM
שקר
to lie or deal falsely
The verse pairs trust with falsehood: what is untrue is being treated as dependable. That contrast reveals the fracture between the refuge sought and the thing actually trusted.
ALSO GROWS
sheqer: lie, falsehood, or deception
שֶׁקֶר
This noun names what receives the trust in the verse.
shaqar: to lie or deal falsely
שָׁקַר
The verb form connects the falsehood to the act of misleading.
שָׁכַחַתְּ
shakhaḥt
GROWS FROM
שכח
to forget or neglect
“forgotten” in this verse is shakhaḥt. The verse places forgetting beside an active act of trust. In this sentence, the forgetting is not merely a lapse in memory; reliance has shifted elsewhere.
ALSO GROWS
nishkaḥ: be forgotten
נִשְׁכַּח
This form shows the same root from the other side: what is forgotten falls out of attention.
hishkiaḥ: cause to forget
הִשְׁכִּיחַ
This form makes the root’s movement visible as a change in what remains present to the mind.
THE PATTERN
The object trusted shapes the allegiance and outcome that follow.
Blessed is that man that maketh the LORD his trust, and respecteth not the proud, nor such as turn aside to lies.Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. Amen.THE THREAD
Thus saith the LORD; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the LORD.“Trusteth” in this verse shares the root בטח with “trusted” in Jeremiah 13:25. Here, the verse makes the consequence of misplaced reliance visible: what is trusted becomes an arm of strength as the heart departs from the LORD.
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