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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 13:22-27

Here is, I. Ruin threatened as before, that the Jews shall go into captivity, and fall under all the miseries of beggary and bondage, shall be stripped of their clothes, their skirts discovered for want of upper garments to cover them, and their heels made bare for want of shoes, Jer. 13:22. Thus they used to deal with prisoners taken in war, when they drove them into captivity, naked and barefoot, Isa. 20:4. Being thus carried off into a strange country, they shall be scattered there, as the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:24

Therefore will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away ,.... Because of their many sins, and continuance in them, their habits and custom of sinning, they are threatened with being carried captive into other nations, where they should be dispersed and separated one from another, which would make their state and condition very uncomfortable; and this would be as easily and as swiftly done as the light stubble which is blown away by every puff of wind; nor would they be able any more... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:25

This is thy lot ,.... Meaning not the king's, or the queen's only, but the lot of the whole Jewish state: the portion of thy measures from me, saith the Lord ; which were divided and distributed, and measured out to them by the Lord, who appointed these calamities to befall them, and brought them upon them, and that in righteous judgment. The Targum is, "and the portion of thine inheritance;' who, instead of having the land of Canaan for their inheritance, to which the allusion is,... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:24

The wind of the wilderness - Some strong tempestuous wind, proverbially severe, coming from the desert to the south of Judea. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:25

Trusted in falsehood - In idols, and in lying prophets. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:24

Verse 24 This is an inference which Jeremiah draws from the last verse. As long as there is any hope of repentance, there is also room for mercy; God often declares that he is long-suffering. Then the most wicked might object and say, that God is too rigid, because he waits not until they return to a sound mind. Now the Prophet had said that it was all over with the people: here therefore he meets the objection, and shews that extreme calamity was justly brought on them by God, because the Jews... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:25

Verse 25 The Prophet no doubt wished to strip the Jews of their vain confidence, through which they acted arrogantly and presumptuously towards God, while yet they professed his name and claimed his favor. They said that they had obtained that land by an hereditary right, because it had been promised to their father Abraham. This indeed was true. They also said, that the land was God’s rest; and they derived this from the prophets. They said farther that God was their heritage; and this also... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 13:24

As the stubble . "The word means not what we call stubble, but the broken straw which had to be separated from the wheat after the corn had been trampled out by the oxen. Sometimes it was burnt as useless; at other times left to be blown away by the wind coming from the desert, on which see Jeremiah 4:11 ; Job 1:19 " (Payne Smith). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 13:25

The portion of thy measures ; i.e. thy measured portion. But it is probably safer to render, the portion of thy garment , the upper garment being used instead of a bag to hold anything (comp. Ruth 3:15 ; 2 Kings 4:39 ). In falsehood ; i.e. in false gods ( Jeremiah 16:19 ). read more

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