Jeremiah 13

Jeremiah 13:1

ANd] Or, but; as Chap. 12. 2.

put it not in water] Do nothing thy self that may rot it: implying, that God was not himself the cause of the corruption, and destruction consequently, of his people; Hosea 13:9. & Hosea 14:1. represented by that girdle. Vers. 9-11.

Jeremiah 13:2

according to the word of the LORD] Or, commandement. Psal. 119. 11, 17. Eccl. 8. 4.

Jeremiah 13:4

go to Euphrates] Which because it was farre distant from Jerusalem; some suppose this to have been done in vision onely; as Ezekiel 8:3.

Jeremiah 13:5

I went and hid it by Euphrates] To signifie, say some, that their ruine should come for their travelling to Euphrates, to seek to the Assyrians, and relying upon them. 2 Kings 16:7. Chap. 2. 18, 36. Others, that they should that way go into captivity: where for continuance of time they should seem to be rotted. Ezekiel 3:15. and Ezekiel 37:11.

Jeremiah 13:7

It was profitable for nothing] As Gods people were, being corrupted by their wicked courses, and for them to be destroyed. Psal. 14. 1, 3. Isai. 1. 4, 5. Romans 3:12. Titus 1:16.

Jeremiah 13:9

will I marre the pride of Judah] Their pomp and power, wherein they pride themselves. Leviticus 26:19. Isai. 2. 11-17. and 23. 9.

Jeremiah 13:10

walk in the imagination of their heart] Or, stubbornnesse. Chap. 9. 13. & 11. 8. & 16. 12. & 18. 12.

Jeremiah 13:11

have I caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel, &c.] To sit as close to me, as a mans girdle doth to his loyns. Deuteronomy 30:20. Psalms 109:19. & Psalms 148:14.

for a people] Exodus 19:5-6. Deuteronomy 7:6.

for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory] Deuteronomy 26:19. Chap. 33. 9. To make them famous and glorious in the eyes of all nations: Deuteronomy 4:6-8; Deuteronomy 4:32-38. and to magnifie and glorifie himself in them. Isaiah 43:21. & 60. 19, 21. & 61. 9. 11. & 63. 12.

they would not hear] Or, obey. Chap. 7. 23. Psalms 81:11. Cha. 7. 24.

Jeremiah 13:12

Every bottle shall be filled with wine] Ye shall every one be so filled with fear, grief and perplexitie, that ye shall no more know which way to turn your selves, then men that are stark drunk. Psalms 107:27. Isa. 51. 17, 21. & 63. 6. Chap. 25. 27. & 51. 7.

they shall say unto thee] Or, when they say unto thee. Little deeming what wine the prophet meant; and dreaming still of peace and jolitie. Isaiah 22:13.

Do we not certainly know] Heb. knowing know. Chap. 26. 15. & 40. 14. Know well enough without thy telling.

Jeremiah 13:14

I will dash the one against another] Heb. a man against his brother. Chap. 25. 26. I will set them together by the ears among themselves: that they may like drunken persons, fall foul one on another. Isaiah 9:19. Or, dash them all to pieces together, as a confused company of people in drink, by the violence of the enemy breaking in upon them. Chap. 6. 21.

nor have mercy, but destroy them] Heb. from destroying them: as Isaiah 50:2.

Jeremiah 13:15

be not proud] Persist not in your pride, and self-confidence. Isaiah 28:22. Prov. 3. 5, 7. Romans 11:20.

Jeremiah 13:16

Give glory to the LORD your God] By repentance, and acknowledgement of your sinne. Joshua 7:19.

before he cause darknesse] Affliction and miserie by the Babylonians. Isaiah 8:22. Lamentations 2:1.

before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains] Heb. mountains of the twilight; or the evening. Prov. 7 9. Isaiah 59:10. While ye seek to escape by flying to them. Psalms 11:1. Matthew 24:16.

while ye look for light] Aid and succour from the Egyptians: whom they much relyed upon. Isaiah 30:2. & Isaiah 31:1. Chap. 37. 5, 6.

he turn it into the shadow of death, &c.] Isaiah 59:9. Chap. 14. 19.

Jeremiah 13:17

I have seen thine adulteries, and thy neighings, the lewdnesse of thy whoredome, and thine abominations on the hills in the fields] Or, Thine adulteries and thy neighings, and thy lewd whoredome have been on the hills, and in the fields. I have seen thine abominations.

thy neighings] He compareth Idolaters to Horses, that runne mad after Mares. Chap. 5. 8.

on the hills in the fields] No place hath been free from them. Chap. 2. 20. & 3. 6.

O Jerusalem, wilt thou not be made clean] Chap. 4. 14.

when shall it once be] Heb. after when, or, how long yet?

Jeremiah 13:18

Say unto the king, and to the queen] Jehoiakim and his wife, or his mother. 2 Kings 23:36. Or, Jehoiachin and his mother. 2 Kings 24:12.

sit down] Isaiah 47:1.

your principalities] Or, head-tires.

the crown of your glory] Or, your glorious crown. Isaiah 62:3.

Jeremiah 13:19

The cities of the South shall be shut up] Of Judah, lying South from Babylon, and from the other Tribes; being either straitly beleaguered, Deuteronomy 28:52. or depopulated, and left without inhabitant. Chap. 9. 11. Or, of Egypt, lying to the South from Judah, being restrained, either from sending them succour, or affording them entertainment.

Jeremiah 13:20

behold them that come from the North] The Chaldeans. Chap. 1. 14. & 6. 21.

where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautifull flock] Heb. cattell of beautie; or, glory; vers. 18. What is become of thy people; thy fair flock that thou didst pride thy self in? 2 Samuel 24:1-2. Proverbs 14:28. Chap. 10. 21. Vers. 9.

Jeremiah 13:21

when he shall punish thee] Heb. visit upon. Chap. 11. 22. God by the Chaldeans. Chap. 4. 12.

thou hast taught them to be captains] By seeking to them, and making use of them. 2 Kings 16:7.

as chief over thee] Heb. head. Deuteronomy 28:13; Deuteronomy 28:44.

sorrows take thee as a woman in travail] Or, a travelling woman. Heb. a woman of birth. See Chap. 6. 24. & 22. 23.

Jeremiah 13:22

Wherefore come these things upon me] Chap. 5. 19. and 16. 10.

are thy skirts discovered] Thou art exposed to shame and servitude. Isaiah 3:17. & Isaiah 20:4. & Isaiah 47:3. Chap. 2. 25. vers. 26. Nahum 3:5.

thy heels made bare] Or, shall be violently taken away.

Jeremiah 13:23

the Ethiopian] Heb. Cushite. Numbers 12:1. Amos 9:7.

then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evill] Heb. taught to do evill. Chap. 9. 5. & 31. 18. There is little hope of your amendment: ye are so inured to evill, that ye are almost past remedie. 2 Chronicles 36:16.

Jeremiah 13:24

will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away] Psalms 83:13. Isaiah 40:24. Hosea 13:3. Zeph. 2. 2.

by the winde of the wildernesse] Or, plain. Chap. 4. 11.

Jeremiah 13:25

This is thy lot] Thy share by God assigned thee: taken from lands divided by lot, and measured out by line, each man his part, to such as were to possesse it. Job 20:29. Psalms 11:6. & 16. 5, 6. Mic. 2. 5.

thou hast forgotten me] Chap. 2. 32. & 3. 21.

trusted in falshood] In vain courses, that cannot stead thee. Chap. 3. 22. & 7. 8. & 23. 16, 17.

Jeremiah 13:26

Will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear] Or, I will discover, by casting up thy skirts upon thy face, thy shame, that it may be seen. Nahum 3. 5. as Psalms 89:39. 44. That as thy sin hath been open and notorious, so thy shame may be so too.