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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 13 - Introduction

* The glory of the Jews should be marred. (1-11) All ranks should suffer misery, An earnest exhortation to repentance. (12-17) An awful message to Jerusalem and its king. (18-27)

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See also Jeremiah 13 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    The date of this prophecy Jeremiah 13 is fixed by the mention of the queen-mother Jeremiah 13:18 i. e., Nehushta, the mother of Jehoiachin. We have in it one of those symbolic acts by which great less...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 13. Five detached prophecies, all except the fourth being of uncertain date....

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _IN THE TYPE OF A LINEN GIRDLE, HIDDEN AT EUPHRATES, GOD PREFIGURETH THE DESTRUCTION OF HIS PEOPLE. UNDER THE PARABLE OF BOTTLES FILLED WITH WINE, HE FORETELLETH THEIR DRUNKENNESS IN MISERY: HE EXHORT...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    REVIEW OF CHAPTER NINE I. Facts to Master 1. The metaphorical description of Egyptian bondage (Jeremiah 11:4). 2. The basic stipulation of the Sinai covenant (Jeremiah 11:4; Jeremiah 11:7) 3.

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (e-0) (The title of this book, 'Jermiah'), The name may mean, 'Jah is exalted.' Compare the large use made of the name _ Jehovah_ in this book; it occurs about 700 times. _ Adonai Jehovah_ 14 time...

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    XIII. The prophecies of Jeremiah are arranged, it must be remembered, in an order which is not chronological, and that which we have now reached belongs to a later date than many that follow. Comparin...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 13 In this chapter, under the similes of a girdle and bottles of wine, the destruction of the Jews is set forth. Some exhortations are given them to repent and humble themsel...

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