Westminster Annotations, Jeremiah · Chapter 13
CHAP. XIII.
Vers. 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; Hos. 13. 9. & 14. 1. represented by that girdle. Vers. 9-11.
V. 2. according to the word of the LORD] Or, commandement. Psal. 119. 11, 17. Eccl. 8. 4.
Vers. 4. go to Euphrates] Which because it was farre distant from Jerusalem; some suppose this to have been done in vision onelyonly; as Ezek. 8. 3.
V. 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 King. 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. Ezek. 3. 15. and 37. 11.
V. 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. Rom. 3. 12. Tit. 1. 16.
V. 9. will I marre the pride of Judah] Their pomp and power, wherein they pride themselves. Levit. 26. 19. Isai. 2. 11-17. and 23. 9.
V. 10. walk in the imagination of their heart] Or, stubbornnesse. Chap. 9. 13. & 11. 8. & 16. 12. & 18. 12.
V. 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. Deut. 30. 20. Psal. 109. 19. & 148. 14.
for a people] Exod. 19. 5, 6. Deut 7. 6.
for a name, and for a praise, and for a glory] Deut. 26. 19. Chap. 33. 9. To make them famous and glorious in the eyes of all nations: Deut. 4. 6-8, 32-38. and to magnifie and glorifie himself in them. Isa. 43. 21. & 60. 19, 21. & 61. 9. 11. & 63. 12.
they would not hear] Or, obey. Chap. 7. 23. Ps. 81. 11. Cha. 7. 24.
V. 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. Psal. 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. Isai. 22. 13.
Do we not certainly know] Heb. knowing know. Chap. 26. 15. & 40. 14. Know well enough without thy telling.
V. 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. Isa. 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 Isa. 50. 2.
V. 15. be not proud] Persist not in your pride, and self-confidence. Isai. 28. 22. Prov. 3. 5, 7. Rom. 11. 20.
V. 16. Give glory to the LORD your God] By repentance, and acknowledgement of your sinne. Josh. 7. 19.
before he cause darknesse] Affliction and miserie by the Babylonians. Isai. 8. 22. Lam. 2. 1.
before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains] Heb. mountains of the twilight; or the evening. Prov. 7 9. Isa. 59. 10. While ye seek to escape by flying to them. Psal. 11. 1. Matth. 24. 16.
while ye look for light] Aid and succour from the Egyptians: whom they much relyed upon. Isai. 30. 2. & 31. 1. Chap. 37. 5, 6.
he turn it into the shadow of death, &c.] Isai. 59. 9. Chap. 14. 19.
V. 17. my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride] I shall out of my tender affection to you, lament apart by my self for your ruine. Chap. 9. 1. & 15. 17. Matth. 6. 6, 18.
mine eye shall weep sore] Lam. 1. 2, 16. & 2. 18.
V. 18. Say unto the king, and to the queen] Jehoiakim and his wife, or his mother. 2 King. 23. 36. Or, Jehoiachin and his mother. 2 King. 24. 12.
sit down] Isai. 47. 1.
your principalities] Or, head-tires.
the crown of your glory] Or, your glorious crown. Isa. 62. 3.
V. 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, Deut. 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.
V. 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 Sam. 24. 1, 2. Prov. 14. 28. Chap. 10. 21. Vers. 9.
V. 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 King. 16. 7.
as chief over thee] Heb. head. Deut. 28. 13, 44.
sorrows take thee as a woman in travail] Or, a travelling woman. Heb. a woman of birth. See Chap. 6. 24. & 22. 23.
V. 22. Wherefore come these things upon me] Chap. 5. 19. and 16. 10.
are thy skirts discovered] Thou art exposed to shame and servitude. Isai. 3. 17. & 20. 4. & 47. 3. Chap. 2. 25. vers. 26. Nahum 3. 5.
thy heels made bare] Or, shall be violently taken away.
V. 23. the Ethiopian] Heb. Cushite. Num. 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 Chron. 36. 16.
V. 24. will I scatter them as the stubble that passeth away] Psal. 83. 13. Isai. 40. 24. Hos. 13. 3. Zeph. 2. 2.
by the winde of the wildernesse] Or, plain. Chap. 4. 11.
V. 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. Psal. 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.
V. 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 Psal. 89. 39. 44. That as thy sin hath been open and notorious, so thy shame may be so too.
V. 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?