Jeremiah 13:9-27 KJV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the Lord your God ,.... By confessing sin unto him; by humiliation for it before him; by believing what he says, hearkening to his word, and obeying his commands, and living to his honour and glory; see Joshua 7:19 , especially by believing in Christ, the true God, and true Messiah, embracing his Gospel, and his ordinances: before he cause darkness ; before the Lord brings on the dark dispensation threatened, the calamity before spoken of; repent while space is given,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:17

But if ye will not hear it ,.... The advice and exhortation now given, to repent of sin, be humble before God, and glorify him: my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride ; he would no more act in a public character; but, laying aside his office as a prophet and public instructor, would retire to some corner, where he might not be seen or heard, and there lament the sins of the people, particularly their "pride", which had been the cause of their ruin; or mourn on account of... read more

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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

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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

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:20

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north ,.... There are a Keri and a Cetib of the words "lift up" and "behold"; they are written in the singular number, and may be considered as directed to the king, as the words following are; and they are read in the plural number, the state and whole body of the people being called upon to observe the Chaldean army, which came from the north; and is represented as on the march, just at hand to invade, besiege, take, and carry them... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:21

What will thou say when he shall punish thee ?.... Or, "visit upon thee" F6 כי יפקד עליך "quando visitabit super te"; Cocceius; "quum visitaverit super te", Schmidt. ; that is, either when God shall punish thee for thy sins, thou canst bring no charge of injustice against him, or murmur and repine at the punishment inflicted on thee; so Jarchi; to which agrees the Targum, "when he shall visit on thee thy sin;' or else, to which the following words seem to incline, when the... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:22

And if thou say in thine heart ,.... Not daring to express it with the mouth; and which, notwithstanding, God, that knows the heart, was privy to, and could discern all the secret workings of it; putting such a question as this: wherefore come these things upon me ? all these calamities, the invasion and siege of the enemy, famine, sword, captivity, &c.;: the answer returned is, for the greatness of thine iniquity ; the enormous crimes the Jews were guilty of, such as idolatry,... read more

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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Ethiopian change his skin ?.... Or, "the Cushite"; either, as the Arabic version, the "Abyssine", the inhabitant of the eastern Ethiopia; properly an Ethiopian, as the Septuagint and Vulgate Latin versions render it; or, the "Chusean Arabian"; the inhabitant of Arabia Chusea, which was nearer Judea than the other Ethiopia, and better known, and which were of a dark complexion. The Targum renders it, the Indian; and so does the Syriac version. In the Misna F9 Yoma, c. 3. sect 7. ... read more

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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

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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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:17

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:23

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

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

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