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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 13:19-21

Jeremiah 13:19-21. 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 by the inhabitants. Or, as some think, the cities of Egypt are intended, from whence the Jews expected succour. These should fail them, and they should find no access to them. Lift up your eyes, &c. He speaks as if their enemies were even then upon their march, nay,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:1-27

A nation useless and disgraced (13:1-27)In an effort to emphasize God’s warnings to Judah more forcefully, Jeremiah gave them an illustration that they could all see. He took a piece of clean new cloth, put it around his waist, then walked to a distant river where he buried the cloth in the river bank. Some time later he returned to the river and brought back the cloth for all to see. It was now rotten and useless (13:1-7). The meaning is that Judah, the nation that was supposed to be morally... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 13:20

the north. See notes on Jeremiah 1:13 ; Jeremiah 3:12 ; Jeremiah 6:1 , &c. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:20

WARNING OF DEFEAT; CAPTIVITY AND HUMILIATION"Lift up your eyes and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? What wilt thou say, when he shall set over thee as head those whom thou hast thyself taught to be friends to thee? shall not sorrows take hold of thee, as of a woman in travail?""That come from the north ..." (Jeremiah 13:20). Practically all of the invaders of Judah came from the north, as that was the most feasible military... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 13:20

Jeremiah 13:20. Lift up your eyes, &c.— "Ye people of Judah, behold and reconnoitre the Chaldean army, coming against you from the north." The next words are addressed to the king and queen; see Jeremiah 13:18. He represents them under the idea of a shepherd, and the people under that of a flock. "What will you say when the Lord shall demand of you an account of the people committed to your trust? What will you answer, when the sovereign monarch shall see dissipated, diminished, weakened,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 13:20

20. from . . . north—Nebuchadnezzar and his hostile army (Jeremiah 1:14; Jeremiah 6:22). flock . . . given thee—Jeremiah, amazed at the depopulation caused by Nebuchadnezzar's forces, addresses Jerusalem (a noun of multitude, which accounts for the blending of plural and singular, Your eyes . . . thee . . . thy flock), and asks where is the population (Jeremiah 6:22- :, "flock") which God had given her? read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 13:20

The Lord beckoned Jerusalem to look north and she would see people coming. [Note: The imperatives in these verses are feminine indicating that probably Jerusalem is being addressed.] The city was about to lose the flock of special people over whom the Lord had made her responsible, namely, His people of Judah. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 13:20-27

Jerusalem’s incurable wickedness 13:20-27 read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:1-27

Jeremiah’s Seventh Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiachin). The Linen GirdleThe date of this prophecy is shown pretty clearly by the word ’queen’ (Jeremiah 13:18), which means queen-mother, namely, Nehushta, mother of Jehoiachin. The queen-mother had always a high position, and in Jehoiachin’s case this would be specially so, owing to his tender years.1-11. The symbol of the linen girdle.1. Go, etc.] It is doubtful whether this and the subsequent acts of the prophet were real or done only in symbol. As,... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 13:20

(20) Lift up your eyes.—The Hebrew verb is feminine and singular, the possessive pronoun masculine and plural. Assuming the reading to be correct, the irregularity may have been intended to combine the ideal personification of Jerusalem, the daughter of Zion, as the natural protectress of the other cities, with the concrete multitude of her inhabitants. The “beautiful flock” of those cities had been committed to her care, and she is now called to give an account of her stewardship.Them that... read more