Jeremiah 13:13

Then shall thou say unto them ,.... Explaining the above words:

thus saith the Lord, behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land ; this is the application of the parable, and shows that by every bottle is meant every inhabitant of Judea:

even the kings that sit upon David's throne ; or, "that sit for David on his throne" F23 הישבים לדוד "sedentes Davidi", Montanus, Schmidt, Cocceius; "pro David", Pagninus, Calvin, Junius & Tremellius. ; that succeed him one after another; more kings may be meant than one, as Jehoiakim and Zedekiah; or the present reigning king, and the princes of the brood, are designed; who, though of David's family, and on his throne, yet this could not secure them from the calamity threatened:

and the priests ; who ministered in holy things; their sacred office and function would not preserve them from ruin:

and the prophets ; the false prophets, as the Targum, that prophesied smooth things, and prophesied them peace and safety, these should be involved in the common destruction:

and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness ; with tribulation, as the Targum interprets it; and adds,

"and shall be like a drunken man;'

giddy, stupid, unable to help themselves, or to advise one another.