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Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 13:1-27

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., and Dr. Payne Smith agree in identifying her as Nehushta, the queen-mother of Jehoiachin. For, although it is conjectural whether Jehoiachin (Jeconiah) was eighteen years of age at his accession (see 2 Kings 24:8) or only eight (comp. 2 Chronicles 36:9), certainly his mother shared with him the... read more

Chuck Smith

Chuck Smith Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:1-27

Chapter 13Thus 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 me the second time, saying, Take the girdle that you have purchased, which you have been wearing, and go to Euphrates, and hide it there under a rock. So I hid it by Euphrates, as the LORD commanded me. And it came to pass after many days, that the LORD said unto me, Arise, go to... read more

Joseph Sutcliffe

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 13:1-27

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’s girdle was the brightest ornament of his costume; and the soldier’s girdle the first mark of honour. 2 Samuel 18:11. Jeremiah 13:4 . Go to Euphrates, and hide it there. After three months he there found it, mildewed, rotten, and good for nothing. Just so were the people of Judah and of... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 13:25

Jer 13:25 This [is] thy lot, the portion of thy measures from me, saith the LORD; because thou hast forgotten me, and trusted in falsehood. Ver. 25. This is thy lot. ] Look for no better, since thou, by going after lying vanities, forsakest thine own mercies, being miserable by thine own election. Because thou hast forgotten me. ] “ Esque oblita mei; vitiorumque oblita caeno. ” read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - Jeremiah 13:25

thy lot: Job 20:29, Psalms 11:6, Isaiah 17:4, Matthew 24:51 because: Jeremiah 2:13, Jeremiah 2:32, Deuteronomy 32:16-Job :, Psalms 9:17, Psalms 106:21, Psalms 106:22 trusted: Jeremiah 7:4-Ruth :, Jeremiah 10:14, Deuteronomy 32:37, Deuteronomy 32:38, Isaiah 28:15, Micah 3:11, Habakkuk 2:18, Habakkuk 2:19 Reciprocal: Psalms 62:10 - Trust Isaiah 17:14 - the portion Isaiah 30:12 - and trust Isaiah 65:7 - therefore Jeremiah 18:15 - my people Jeremiah 48:7 - because Ezekiel 23:35 - Because Romans... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:25-27

25-27. A fearfully vivid statement of the apostasy and idolatry of the people, especially as to the unclean and debasing rites of that idolatry. read more

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