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Verse Jeremiah 13:22. _ARE THY SKIRTS DISCOVERED_] Thy defenceless
state is every where known; thou art not only _weak_, but
ignominiously so. It is thy _scandal_ to be in so depressed a
condition; th...
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MADE BARE - Rather, “ill-used, treated with violence.” The long
flowing robes worn by ladies of rank, are to be laid aside, that they
might do menial work, bare-legged, like slaves. The ill-usage to t...
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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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INIQUITY. Hebrew. _'avah._ App-44....
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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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THY SKIRTS DISCOVERED, &C.— See Isaiah 20:4; Isaiah 47:2. Houbigant
reads, _And thy heels galled_ [_with irons._]...
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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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And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me?
For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy
heels made bare.
IF THOU SAY - connecting this verse wit...
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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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MADE BARE] and thus subject to the roughness of the road as thou art
led captive....
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ARE THY SKIRTS DISCOVERED. — The “skirts,” or flowing train,
worn by women of rank, the removal of which was the sign of extremest
degradation (Isaiah 20:4; Isaiah 47:2; Ezekiel 23:29;...
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וְ כִ֤י תֹאמְרִי֙ בִּ לְבָבֵ֔ךְ
מַדּ֖וּעַ קְר
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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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_Defiled. Thou art exposed to the brutality of the soldiers._...
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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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The Prophet again declares that God’s judgment would be just, which
he had previously foretold; for hypocrites, we know, do not cease to
quarrel with God, except they are often proved guilty; and it i...
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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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AND IF THOU SAY IN THINE HEART,.... Not daring to express it with the
mouth; and which, notwithstanding, God, that knows the heart, was
privy to, and could discern all the secret workings of it; putti...
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And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me?
For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, [and]
thy heels made bare.
Ver. 22. _Are thy skirts discovered._] T...
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_If thou say, Wherefore come these things upon me?_ Hypocrites will
rarely confess their own shame and God's righteousness, but are ready
to expostulate with him, and to inquire why he hath dealt so w...
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AN EXHORTATION WITH REGARD TO THE IMPENDING DESTRUCTION...
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And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me?
in an attempt to deny the blame and the guilt which attached to
Judah's many transgressions, then the Lord's answer is: FOR THE
GRE...
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MADE BEAR:
Or, shall be violently taken away...
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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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Hypocrites will rarely confess their own shame and God's
righteousness, but are ready to expostulate and dispute with God, and
to call him to account why he hath dealt so with them, as if God had
deal...
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Jeremiah 13:22 say H559 (H8799) heart H3824 come H7122 (H8804)
greatness H7230 iniquity H5771 skirts H7757 uncov
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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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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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Deuteronomy 18:21; Deuteronomy 7:17; Deuteronomy 8:17; Ezekiel 16:37;...
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Thy skirts — Probably these phrases are fetched from the usual
practice of soldiers when they have conquered a place and taken
prisoners, to strip them. By skirts is meant the lower part of their
bodi...