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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 13:12-21

Here is, I. A judgment threatened against this people that would quite intoxicate them. This doom is pronounced against them in a figure, to make it the more taken notice of and the more affecting (Jer. 13:12): Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, every bottle shall be filled with wine; that is, those that by their sins have made themselves vessels of wrath fitted to destruction shall be filled with the wrath of God as a bottle is with wine; and, as every vessel of mercy prepared for glory shall... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:18

Say unto the king, and to the queen ,.... Jehoiachin, and his mother Nehushta, as it is generally interpreted by the Jewish commentators, and others; who, with many princes and officers, were carried captive into Babylon, 2 Kings 24:12 or rather Zedekiah and his wife; since the captivity after threatened is a perfect and complete one, which Jehoiachin's was not: humble yourselves, sit down ; or, "sit down humbled" F4 השפילו שבו "degite humiliter", Castalio; "abjectissime... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:19

The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them ,.... Meaning the cities of Judah, which lay in the southern part of the land of Israel, and to the south of Babylon; which might be said to be shut up, and not in the power of any to open, when besieged by the Chaldean army; or rather when destroyed, that there were none to go in and out; though some think the cities of Egypt are intended, which lay south of Judea, from whence the Jews should not have the relief they... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:18

Say unto the king and to the queen - Probably Jeconiah and his mother, under whose tutelage, being young when he began to reign, he was left, as is very likely. Sit down - Show that ye have humbled yourselves; for your state will be destroyed, and your glorious crown taken from your heads. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:19

The cities of the south shall be shut up - Not only the cities of the north, the quarter at which the Chaldeans entered, but the cities of the south also; for he shall proceed from one extremity of the land to the other, spreading devastation every where, and carrying off the inhabitants. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:18

Verse 18 The Prophet is here bidden to address his discourse directly to King Jehoiakim and his mother; for the term lady is not to be taken for the queen, the wife of Jehoiakim, but for his mother, who was then his associate in the kingdom, and possessed great authority. (86) And there is no doubt but that God thus intended to rouse more fully the community in general; that is, by shewing that he would not spare, no, not the king nor the queen. But we may hence also learn what has already been... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:19

Verse 19 By the cities of the south, almost all understand the cities of the tribe of Judah, whose portion was towards the south; and by the cities being shut up, they consider that what is meant is, that they would be forsaken; for they say, that cities are open when they are frequented. But I am con- strained here also to take another view. I take the cities of the south to have been those of Egypt; for we know that the Jews looked there for a refuge, whenever they were attacked by the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 13:15-19

An admonition to seize upon the only means of escape. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 13:18

The extent of the calamity shown in individual instances. For the fulfillment, see 2 Kings 24:15 . After a reign of three months, the young prince and his mother were carried to Babylon. And to the queen ; rather, and to the queen-mother (literally, the mistress ). It will be noticed that, except in two cases, the names of the mothers of the reigning kings of Judah are scrupulously mentioned in the Books of Kings. This and the title of "mistress" are indications of the high rank they... read more

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