Jeremiah 21

Jeremiah 21:1

Where is the fury - Is it not all gone? He speaks of the thing as if it were already done, because it should certainly and suddenly be done.

Jeremiah 21:4

I have - These words are spoken by God to his church and people, to whom he speaks both in the foregoing and following verses. For God’s word is frequently said to be put into the mouths, not only of the prophets, but of the people also. Covered - Have protected thee by my almighty power, that I may bring thee to that perfect and blessed estate which is reserved for the days of the Messiah, which in scripture phrase is called a making of new heavens, and a new earth, chap.65:17.

Jeremiah 21:5

Awake - Heb. Rouse up thyself: come out of that forlorn condition in which thou hast so long been. Stand up - Upon thy feet, O thou who hast been thrown to the ground. Drunk - Who hast been sorely afflicted. The cup - Which strikes him that drinks it with deadly horror. And wrung - Drunk every drop of it.

Jeremiah 21:6

None to guide - When thou wast drunk with this cup, and not able to go.

Jeremiah 21:7

These things - Those which follow, which tho’ expressed in four words, may fitly be reduced to two things, the desolation or devastation of the land, and the destruction of the people by famine and sword. So famine and sword are not named as new evils, but only as the particular ways of bringing the destruction. By whom - I cannot find any man who is able to comfort and relieve thee.

Jeremiah 21:8

Fainted - They are so far from being able to comfort thee, that they themselves faint away. They lie - Dead by famine or the sword. As a bull - Those of them who are not slain are struggling for life.

Jeremiah 21:9

Not with wine - But with the cup of God’s fury.

Jeremiah 21:10

That pleadeth - Who, tho’ he has fought against thee, is now reconciled to thee, and will maintain thy cause against all thine adversaries.

Jeremiah 21:11

Go over - That we may trample upon thee.

Jeremiah 21:13

Awake - This is a prediction and promise what she should do, that she should awake or arise out of her low estate, and be strong and courageous. Beautiful garments - Thy sorrows shall be ended, and thou shalt be advanced into a glorious condition. O Zion - O my church. Come - Either to molest thee, or defile thee. The uncircumcised - Heathens or infidels. Unclean - Nor any others, who are unholy.

Jeremiah 21:14

The dust - In which thou hast sat as a mourner. The bands - The yoke of thy captivity shall be taken off from thee.