Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:1
Thus saith the Lord unto me - This discourse is supposed to have been delivered under the reign of Jeconiah, the son and successor of Jehoiakim, who came to the throne in the eighteenth year of his age; when the Chaldean generals had encamped near to Jerusalem, but did not besiege it in form till Nebuchadnezzar came up with the great body of the army. In these circumstances the prophet predicts the captivity; and, by a symbolical representation of a rotten girdle, shows the people their... read more
John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:10
This evil people, which refuse to hear my words ,.... Sent by the prophets, to whom they turned a deaf ear; and though they pressed them, and importunately desired them to give them a hearing, they refused it; and this showed them to be a bad people, very degenerate and wicked; and which further appears by what follows: which walk in the imagination of their heart ; which was evil, stubborn, and rebellious, see Jeremiah 7:24 , and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to worship... read more