Jeremiah 13 - Introduction
JEREMIAH 13. Five detached prophecies, all except the fourth being of uncertain date.... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH 13. Five detached prophecies, all except the fourth being of uncertain date.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SYMBOL OF THE WAIST-CLOTH, its removal signifying the rejection and ruin of Judah, as a consequence of her disobedience. The prophet buys and wears a linen waist-cloth, not yet put in water, as a declaration of Yahweh's adoption of His people into closest intimacy. The prophet then removes it, a... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIGURE OF THE WINE-JARS. The fate of the men of Judah is that they shall be filled like jars with the wine of drunkenness (_cf._ Jeremiah 25:15 ff., Psalms 60:3), and then shall be dashed to destruction (as a potter might dash such earthen jars together; _cf._ Psalms 2:9).... [ Continue Reading ]
ISRAEL'S PRIDE. The prophet warns against the arrogancy that persistently refuses to obey (_i.e._ give glory to; _cf._ 1 Samuel 6:5) Yahweh, and compares the disobedient with travellers on mountain paths, who wait vainly in the twilight for light, until the night falls (Jeremiah 13:16 _mgg)._ He is... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH 13:18 F. A DIRGE ON THE DOOM OF JEHOIACHIN AND HIS MOTHER (Nehushta, 2 Kings 24:8; 2 Kings 24:15), _c._ 597. Jeremiah 13:18 should read, Say ye (LXX) to the king and the queen-mother, sit ye down low (_mg.),_ for come down from your head (VSS) is your beautiful crown (_mg.)._ The queen-moth... [ Continue Reading ]
JERUSALEM'S SHAME. This prophecy, as perhaps others in this chapter, would suit the position of affairs under Jehoiakim, after Carchemish (605). Jerusalem is asked concerning the welfare of her people, in the day of invasion by the foe from the north (Jeremiah 4:6, etc.: here of the Babylonians). Je... [ Continue Reading ]