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Verse Jeremiah 13:21. _THOU HAST TAUGHT THEM_ TO BE _CAPTAINS_, AND
_AS CHIEF_ _OVER THEE_] This is said of their enemies, whether
Assyrians or Chaldeans: for ever since Ahaz submitted himself to the...
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Translate, “What wilt thou say, O Jerusalem, when He, Yahweh, shall
set over thee for head those whom thou hast taught to be thy bosom
friends?” The foreign powers, whose friendship she has been
court...
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CHAPTER 13
Signs, Warnings, and Exhortations
_ 1. The linen girdle and the filled bottles (Jeremiah 13:1) _
2. Hear and give glory (Jeremiah 13:15)
3. The justice of the judgment (Jeremi
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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...
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Lament for the calamities brought about by Jerusalem's sin
See, O Jerusalem, the northern foe descends on thee. What has become
of thy goodly nation? How wilt thou endure those who were erst thy
frie...
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The construction and order in MT. are difficult, and the Hebrew words
seem to have suffered some dislocation in the course of transmission.
The general sense is: Those whom thou considerest to be thy...
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FOR THOU HAST TAUGHT THEM, &C.— Houbigant renders it, _Since thou
hast made them expert against thee, and hast drawn-them upon thine own
head._ "Thou hast frequently called them to thy succour, and ta...
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E. WARNING: Pride is Punished by Disgrace
Jeremiah 13:20-27
TRANSLATION
(20) Lift up your eyes and see them who come from the north. Where is
the flock that was given to you, your glorious flock? (2...
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What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught
them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take
thee, as a woman in travail?
WHAT WILT THOU SAY WHEN HE SHALL...
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RV 'What wilt thou say when he shall set thy friends over thee as
head, seeing thou thyself hast instructed them against thee?' The
reference is to Egypt and Babylon, the friendship and guidance of
wh...
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JEREMIAH'S SEVENTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF JEHOIACHIN). THE LINEN GIRDLE
The date of this prophecy is shown pretty clearly by the word 'queen'
(Jeremiah 13:18), which means queen-mother, namely, Nehushta,...
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WHAT WILT THOU SAY? — The verse is difficult, and requires an entire
retranslation. _What wilt thou_ (the daughter of Zion) _say? for He_
(Jehovah) _shall set over thee as head those whom thou taughte...
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מַה ־תֹּֽאמְרִי֙ כִּֽי ־יִפְקֹ֣ד
עָלַ֔יִךְ וְ֠...
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CHAPTER VIII
THE FALL OF PRIDE
Jeremiah 13:1
THIS discourse is a sort of appendix to the preceding; as is indicated
by its abrupt and brief beginning with the words "Thus said Iahvah
unto me," witho...
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The account of this time of communion between Jeremiah and Jehovah
ends with the story of how Jehovah gave him two signs, one for himself
and one for the people. That for himself was the sign of the g...
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What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast (k) taught
them [to be] captains, [and] as chief over thee: shall not sorrows
take thee, as a woman in travail?
(k) By seeking to strangers...
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_Head. Achaz called the Assyrians into the country, and Ezechias had
shewn his treasures to the Babylonians. Other kings excited God's
indignation._...
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I interrupt not the reading of those verses, because they are
connected. They contain the solemn expostulation of the Lord, in the
view of their sins. They point out also the utter impossibility of th...
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As the Prophet observed that the Jews were in no way moved, he
addressed them still further, and set before them what seemed then
incredible, even the calamity, from which they thought they were able...
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Chapter 13, bringing to mind how God had bound Israel to His heart,
announces the terrible judgment with which the people shall, as it
were, be drunken; and, on the ground of this judgment, calls them...
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WHAT WILL THOU SAY WHEN HE SHALL PUNISH THEE?.... Or, "visit upon
thee" f; that is, either when God shall punish thee for thy sins, thou
canst bring no charge of injustice against him, or murmur and r...
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What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught
them [to be] captains, [and] as chief over thee: shall not sorrows
take thee, as a woman in travail?
Ver. 21. _For thou hast taught...
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_The cities of the south_, &c. The cities of Judah, which lay in the
southern part of Canaan, shall be straitly besieged by the enemy, so
that there shall be no going in and out; or shall be deserted...
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AN EXHORTATION WITH REGARD TO THE IMPENDING DESTRUCTION...
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What wilt thou say when He shall punish thee? For thou hast taught
them, the heathen rulers whom Zion herself had called as her friends,
TO BE CAPTAINS AND AS CHIEF OVER THEE, that is, the Lord Himsel...
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PUNISH:
Heb visit upon'...
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18-27 Here is a message sent to king Jehoiakim, and his queen. Their
sorrows would be great indeed. Do they ask, Wherefore come these
things upon us? Let them know, it is for their obstinacy in sin....
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That is, thou wilt have nothing to say, but be wholly confounded and
ashamed when God shall visit thee with this sore judgment, or when
Nebuchadnezzar's army sent by God shall visit thee; for thou, ei...
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Jeremiah 13:21 say H559 (H8799) punishes H6485 (H8799) taught H3925
(H8765) chieftains H441 head H7218 pangs...
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A FINAL APPEAL FOR REPENTANCE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, FOR IF THEY DO
FAIL TO RESPOND THEIR FINAL JUDGMENT WILL COME UPON THEM (JEREMIAH
13:15).
The people are called on to look to YHWH while there is s...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the linen girdle and sign of the bottles filled with
wine.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Those who persist in sin, ignoring God's Word, make
themselves vessels of wrath fi...
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Jeremiah 13:1. _Get thee a linen girdle,_ or “buy thee,” as the
Chaldaic reads; which this priest and prophet wore unwashed till it
became offensive, and began to excite attention and talk. The priest...
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_What wilt thou say when He shall punish thee?_
A QUESTION TO THE IMPENITENT
It was in view of certain threatened calamities that were to come on
Judah from the hand of the Lord, that this question i...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 13:20 FLOCK. Judah’s people. FRIENDS.
Babylon was once Judah’s ally (Isaiah 39:1)....
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. The
reference in Jeremiah 13:18 to the “queen” is regarded as
determining the date of this chapter. Ewald, Hitzig, Umbreit, Dahler,
Hend.,...
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EXPOSITION
The chapter falls into two parts—the one describing a divinely
commanded action of the prophet, symbolical of the approaching
rejection of the Jewish people, the other announcing in literal...
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Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go down and buy a linen girdle, and put
it on, but don't wash it. So I got a girdle according to the word of
the LORD, and I put it on. And the word of the LORD came unto...
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1 Thessalonians 5:3; 2 Kings 16:7; Ezekiel 28:9; Isaiah 10:3; Isaia
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What wilt thou say — Thou wilt have nothing to say, but be wholly
confounded when God shall visit thee with this sore judgment, for by
thy so often calling them to thy assistance, thou hast taught the...