Jeremiah 13:1-11

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 13:1-11

Here is, I. A sign, the marring of a girdle, which the prophet had worn for some time, by hiding it in a hole of a rock near the river Euphrates. It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs, that a stupid unthinking people might be brought to consider, and believe, and be affected with what was thus set before them. 1. He was to wear a linen girdle for some time, Jer. 13:1, 2. Some think he wore it under his clothes, because it was linen, and it is said to cleave to his loins, Jer. 13:11.... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:1

Thus saith the Lord unto me ,.... In a vision, and by the spirit of prophecy: when this was said is not certain, very likely in the reign of Jehoiakim; the prophet gives an account of what had been done, the present tense is put for the past. Go and get thee a linen girdle ; or, "a girdle of linens" F12 אזור פשתים "cingulum linorum", Montanus. ; a girdle made of flax or fine linen, which the prophet had not used to wear; and having none, is bid to go, perhaps from Anathoth to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:2

So I got a girdle ,.... Or, bought F14 ואקנה Pagninus, Montanus, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt. a linen one, as directed: according to the word of the Lord ; his express order and command; the prophet was not disobedient to the heavenly vision: and I put it on my loins ; without washing it before or after, and wore it publicly for some time. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:3

And the word of the Lord ,.... The Targum is, "the word of prophecy from before the Lord:' came unto me the second time, saying ; what distance of time there was between this order and the former is not known. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:4

Take the girdle which thou hast got, which is upon thy loins ,.... Either he is bid to take it off his loins, on which it was; or to go with it on them; seeing the taking it off does not seem absolutely necessary; and go with it to the place directed to in the following words: and arise, go to Euphrates, and hide it there in a hole of the rock ; by the river side, where the waters, coming and going, would reach and wet it, and it drying again, would rot the sooner. This signifies the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:5

So I went and hid it by Euphrates ,.... Or, "in" F15 בפרת "in Euphrate", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Calvin. it; in a hole of the rock, upon the banks of it: as the Lord commanded me : all this seems to be done not really, but visionally; it can hardly be thought that Jeremy should be sent on two such long journeys, on such an account, which would take up a considerable time to perform it in; but rather that he went and came in like manner as Ezekiel did, in the visions of God,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:6

And it came to pass after many days ,.... When the girdle had lain long in the hole, by the side of Euphrates; this denotes the length of the Babylonish captivity, which was seventy years: that the Lord said unto me, arise, go to Euphrates, and take the girdle from thence, which I commanded thee to hide there ; which may denote the return of these people from captivity, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah; see Jeremiah 25:11 , though this seems to be visionally done, in order to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:7

Then I went to Euphrates ,.... In a vision; this is the second journey, of which See Gill on Jeremiah 13:5 , and digged ; the hole, in process of time, being stopped up with soil or sand, that were thrown up over it; this digging was in a visionary way; see Ezekiel 8:8 , and took the girdle from the place where I had hid it ; which he knew again by some token or another: and, behold, the girdle was marred ; or "corrupted" F17 נשחת "corruptum erat", Munster, Montanus,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:8

Then the word of the Lord came unto me, saying. Or the word of prophecy from before the Lord, as the Targum; and now follows the application of this sign to the thing signified, and the whole intention of it is opened. read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:9

Thus saith the Lord, after this manner ,.... As this girdle has been hid in Euphrates, and has been marred and rendered useless; so in like manner, and by such like means, will I mar the pride of Judah, and the great pride of Jerusalem ; or their glory, or excellency F20 גאון "excellentiam", Calvin, Piscator. ; that which they gloried in, and were proud of; their city which was burnt, and their temple which was destroyed by the Chaldeans; their king, princes, and nobles, who were... read more

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