Jeremiah 13:9

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 13:9

Jeremiah 13:9. After this manner will I mar the pride of Judah, &c. Or, as some translate the verse, “Will I mar the glory of Judah, and the great honour of Jerusalem.” I will bring down their pride and stubbornness, by making them slaves and vassals to strangers, Lamentations 5:8; Lamentations 5:13. Or, alluding to the transaction about the girdle, “I will transport them beyond the Euphrates; I will bide them in Babylon, as in the hole of a rock, whence they cannot come out. They shall... 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 13:9

Jeremiah's Ninth Prophecy (see book comments for Jeremiah). mar the pride, &c. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:19 ). App-92 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 13:9

Jeremiah 13:9. After this manner will I mar the pride, &c.— Will I mar the glory of Judah, and the great honour of Jerusalem. See Jeremiah 13:11. "I will transport them beyond Euphrates; I will hide them in Babylon, as in the hole of a rock, whence they cannot come out. They shall be marred in the midst of the nations, without temple, without sacrifice, without priests, without external worship. I will humble their presumption, and teach them to acknowledge and adore my mercy." read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 13:9

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Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 13:1-11

The linen waistband 13:1-11This is the first of several symbolic acts that Jeremiah performed to communicate divine messages (cf. Jeremiah 16:1-4; Jeremiah 18:1-12; Jeremiah 19:1-2; Jeremiah 19:10-11; Jeremiah 27:1 to Jeremiah 28:17; Jeremiah 32:1-15; Jeremiah 43:8-13; Jeremiah 51:59-64). Other prophets did the same thing (cf. Isaiah 20:2-6; Ezekiel 4:1-13; Ezekiel 5:1-4). This acted sermon confronted the Judahites with the polluting effect of their associations and the consequences. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 13:8-9

Then the Lord told Jeremiah that He would destroy the pride of Judah and Jerusalem as the waistband had been destroyed. 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 13:9

(9) The pride of Judah.—As the girdle was the part of the dress on which most ornamental work was commonly lavished, so that it was a common gift among princes and men of wealth (1 Samuel 18:4; 2 Samuel 18:11), it was the natural symbol of the outward glory of a kingdom. As Jeremiah was a priest, we may, perhaps, think of the embroidered girdle “for glory and for beauty “of the priestly dress (Exodus 28:40; Ezekiel 44:17). read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 13:1-27

Habit Jeremiah 13:23 I. The Origin of Habit. Habit may be conceived to arise in this way. When, in the revolution of time of the day, or the week, or the month, or the year the point comes round at which we have been thinking of anything, or have done anything, by the law of the association of ideas we think of it again, or do it again. For instance, when day dawns we awake. We get out of bed because we have done it at that time before. At a later hour we take breakfast, and go away to... read more

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