Jeremiah 13:22

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 13:22

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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:22

Are thy skirts discovered - Thy defenseless state is every where known; thou art not only weak, but ignominiously so. It is thy scandal to be in so depressed a condition; thou art lower than the basest of thy adversaries, and thou art so because of thy sin. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:22

Verse 22 The Prophet again declares that God’s judgment would be just, which he had previously foretold; for hypocrites, we know, do not cease to quarrel with God, except they are often proved guilty; and it is always their object, where they cannot wholly excuse themselves, to extenuate in some measure their fault. The Prophet therefore here removes every pretense for evasion, and declares that they were wholly worthy of such a reward. But his manner of speaking ought to be noticed, If thou... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 13:1-27

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 13:21-22

Sin its own scourge. I. THERE ARE OTHER SCOURGES FOR SIN . The direct and positive inflictions of the Divine wrath. Not alone the Bible but the great books of history and experience must all be denied if we deny such positive punishment of sin. Never has there been yet any system of laws for moral beings which has been left to be simply self-acting, and which therefore have had no positive sanctions of penalty for transgression added. And God's Law is not such. As the Jews... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 13:22

Thy heels made bare ; rather, treated with violence . The fate held out to the daughter of Zion ( trained to walk about with "tinkling ornaments," Isaiah 2:18 ) is to plod wearily along with bare feet (comp. Isaiah 47:1 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 13:22

Made bare - Rather, “ill-used, treated with violence.” The long flowing robes worn by ladies of rank, are to be laid aside, that they might do menial work, bare-legged, like slaves. The ill-usage to the heels is the having to tramp barefoot, a thing very painful to women accustomed to the seclusion of the female apartments. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 13:22

Jeremiah 13:22. If thou say, Wherefore come these things upon me? Hypocrites will rarely confess their own shame and God’s righteousness, but are ready to expostulate with him, and to inquire why he hath dealt so with them, as if he had treated them unjustly. But, saith God, For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, &c. That is, thou art carried into captivity, stripped and bare, without covering to thy nakedness; it being the barbarous custom of conquerors, in... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:1-27

A nation useless and disgraced (13:1-27)In an effort to emphasize God’s warnings to Judah more forcefully, Jeremiah gave them an illustration that they could all see. He took a piece of clean new cloth, put it around his waist, then walked to a distant river where he buried the cloth in the river bank. Some time later he returned to the river and brought back the cloth for all to see. It was now rotten and useless (13:1-7). The meaning is that Judah, the nation that was supposed to be morally... read more

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