Jeremiah 18:13 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 18:11-17

These verses seem to be the application of the general truths laid down in the foregoing part of the chapter to the nation of the Jews and their present state. I. God was now speaking concerning them to pluck up, and to pull down, and to destroy; for it is that part of the rule of judgment that their case agrees with (Jer. 18:11): ?Go, and tell them? (saith God), ?Behold I frame evil against you and devise against you. Providence in all its operations is plainly working towards your ruin. Look... read more

John Gill

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

Therefore thus saith the Lord ,.... This being the case of the people of the Jews, and they so resolutely bent on their own ways: ask ye among the Heathen ; inquire among the nations of the world, the Gentiles that know not the true God, and have not the external revelation of his will, only the dim light of nature to guide them; and see if anything like this is to be found among them, as with this people, favoured with the law of God, his word and ordinances to direct them, and his... read more

Adam Clarke

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

The virgin of Israel - Instead of ישראל Yisrael , three of Kennicott's and De Rossi's MSS., with the Alexandrian copy of the Septuagint, have ירושלם Yerushalem , Jerusalem. read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 13 God shews here that the Jews were become wholly irreclaimable, for they arrived at the highest pitch of impiety, when they were so daring as to reject the salvation offered to them; for what had the Prophet in view but, to extricate them from ruin? God himself by his Prophet wished to secure their safety. How great then was their ingratitude to reject God’s paternal care, and not to give ear to the Prophet who was to be a minister of salvation to them? Now as they were extremely deaf... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-23

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 18:13

The contrast between the chaste retirement of a virgin and Judah’s eagerness after idolatry, serves to heighten the horror at her conduct. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 18:13-14

Jeremiah 18:13-14. Ask ye now among the heathen Such an apostacy as you are guilty of (see Jer 18:15 ) is not to be paralleled among the heathen. Compare Jeremiah 2:10. Who hath heard such things When did people ever behave toward their idols, which yet were no gods, as my people have behaved toward me? The virgin of Israel That people who were dedicated to me as a chaste virgin, have since corrupted themselves, and gone a whoring after idols. Will a man leave the snow of Lebanon, ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 18:1-23

Lessons from the potter (18:1-23)A potter can make a lump of clay into whatever shape he wants. He can also change the kind of vessel he is making, if he thinks that conditions require it (18:1-4). As a potter determines the kind of vessel he makes, so God determines the destinies of nations, and this is the lesson that the people of Judah must learn (5-6). He may announce judgments on a nation, but he may withdraw those judgments if the nation repents. On the other hand, he may promise... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 18:13

heathen = nations. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 18:13

THE FOLLY OF JUDAH'S CHOICE"Therefore thus saith Jehovah: Ask ye now among the nations, who hath heard such things?; the virgin Israel hath done a very horrible thing. Shall the snow of Lebanon fall from the rock of the field? or shall the cold waters that flow down from afar be dried up?""The willfulness of Israel in forsaking Jehovah their God was without parallel in the ancient world, as Jeremiah had already mentioned in Jeremiah 2:9-13; Jeremiah 5:20-25, and in Jeremiah 8:7. The horror is... read more