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<p id="Chapter13" align="center">Commentary by A. R. FAUSSET<br>CHAPTER 13
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<p id="Jer13_1"><a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,'1-27');">Jer 13:1-27</a>. SYMBOLICAL PROPHECY (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,'1-7');">Jer 13:1-7</a>).
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<p>Many of these figurative acts being either not possible, or not probable, or decorous, seem to have existed only in the mind of the prophet as part of his inward vision. [So CALVIN]. The world he moved in was not the sensible, but the spiritual, world. Inward acts were, however, when it was possible and proper, materialized by outward performance but not always, and necessarily so. The internal act made a naked statement more impressive and presented the subject when extending over long portions of space and time more concentrated. The interruption of Jeremiah's official duty by a journey of more than two hundred miles twice is not likely to have <i>literally</i> taken place.
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<p><b>1. put it upon thy loins,</b> etc.—expressing the close intimacy wherewith Jehovah had joined Israel and Judah to Him (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,11);">Jer 13:11</a>).
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<br><br><b>linen</b>—implying it was the inner garment next the skin, not the outer one.
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<br><br><b>put it not in water</b>—signifying the moral filth of His people, like the literal filth of a garment worn constantly next the skin, without being washed (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,10);">Jer 13:10</a>). GROTIUS understands a garment not bleached, but left in its native roughness, just as Judah had no beauty, but was adopted by the sole grace of God (<a onclick="return mV('Eze',16,'4-6');">Eze 16:4-6</a>). "Neither wast thou washed in <i>water,</i>" etc.
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<p id="Jer13_4"><b>4. Euphrates</b>—In order to support the view that Jeremiah's act was outward, HENDERSON considers that the <i>Hebrew Phrath</i> here is <i>Ephratha,</i> the original name of Beth-lehem, six miles south of Jerusalem, a journey easy to be made by Jeremiah. The non-addition of the word "river," which usually precedes <i>Phrath,</i> when meaning Euphrates, favors this view. But I prefer <i>English Version.</i> The Euphrates is specified as being near Babylon, the Jews future place of exile.
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<br><br><b>hole</b>—typical of the prisons in which the Jews were to be confined.
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<br><br><b>the rock</b>—some well-known rock. A sterile region, such as was that to which the Jews were led away (compare <a onclick="return mV('Isa',7,19);">Isa 7:19</a>) [GROTIUS].
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<p id="Jer13_6"><b>6. after many days</b>—Time enough was given for the girdle to become unfit for use. So, in course of time, the Jews became corrupted by the heathen idolatries around, so as to cease to be witnesses of Jehovah; they must, therefore, be cast away as a "marred" or spoiled girdle.
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<p id="Jer13_9"><b>9.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Lev',26,19);">Lev 26:19</a>).
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<p id="Jer13_10"><b>10. imagination</b>—rather, "obstinacy."
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<p id="Jer13_11"><b>11.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',33,9);">Jer 33:9</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Exd',19,5);">Exd 19:5</a>).
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<br><br><b>glory</b>—an ornament to glory in.
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<p id="Jer13_12"><b>12.</b> A new image.
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<br><br><b>Do we not...know...wine</b>—The "bottles" are those used in the East, made of skins; our word "hogshead," originally "oxhide," alludes to the same custom. As they were used to hold water, milk, and other liquids, what the prophet said (namely, that they should be all filled with wine) was not, as the Jews' taunting reply implied, a truism even <i>literally.</i> The figurative sense which is what Jeremiah chiefly meant, they affected not to understand. As wine intoxicates, so God's wrath and judgments shall reduce them to that state of helpless distraction that they shall rush on to their own ruin (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',25,15);">Jer 25:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',49,12);">49:12</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',51,17, 21,22);">Isa 51:17, 21-22</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',63,6);"> 63:6</a>).
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<p id="Jer13_13"><b>13. upon David's throne</b>—literally, who sit <i>for David on his throne;</i> implying the succession of the Davidic family (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',22,4);">Jer 22:4</a>).
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<br><br><b>all</b>—indiscriminately of every rank.
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<p id="Jer13_14"><b>14. dash</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',2,9);">Psa 2:9</a>). As a potter's vessel (<a onclick="return mV('Rev',2,27);">Rev 2:27</a>).
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<p id="Jer13_15"><b>15. be not proud</b>—Pride was the cause of their contumacy, as humility is the first step to obedience (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,17);">Jer 13:17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',10,4);">Psa 10:4</a>).
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<p id="Jer13_16"><b>16. Give glory,</b> etc.—Show by repentance and obedience to God, that you revere His majesty. So Joshua exhorted Achan to "give glory to God" by confessing his crime, thereby showing he revered the All-knowing God.
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<br><br><b>stumble</b>—image from travellers stumbling into a fatal abyss when overtaken by nightfall (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',5,30);">Isa 5:30</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',59,9,10);">59:9-10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Amo',8,9);">Amo 8:9</a>).
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<br><br><b>dark mountains</b>—literally, "mountains of twilight" or "gloom," which cast such a gloomy shadow that the traveller stumbles against an opposing rock before he sees it (<a onclick="return mV('Jhn',11,10);">Jhn 11:10</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jhn',12,35);">12:35</a>).
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<br><br><b>shadow of death</b>—the densest gloom; death shade (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',44,19);">Psa 44:19</a>). <i>Light</i> and <i>darkness</i> are images of prosperity and adversity.
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<p id="Jer13_17"><b>17. hear it</b>—my exhortation.
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<br><br><b>in secret</b>—as one mourning and humbling himself for their sin, not self-righteously condemning them (<a onclick="return mV('Phl',3,18);">Phl 3:18</a>).
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<br><br><b>pride</b>—(see on JFB for <a href="./Comm/jfb/Jer/Jer013.html#Jer13_15">Jer 13:15</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Job',33,17);">Job 33:17</a>).
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<br><br><b>flock</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,20);">Jer 13:20</a>), just as kings and leaders are called pastors.
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<p id="Jer13_18"><b>18. king</b>—Jehoiachin or Jeconiah.
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<br><br><b>queen</b>—the queen mother who, as the king was not more than eighteen years old, held the chief power. Nehushta, daughter of Elnathan, carried away captive with Jehoiachin by Nebuchadnezzar (<a onclick="return mV('2Ki',24,'8-15');">2Ki 24:8-15</a>).
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<br><br><b>Humble yourselves</b>—that is, Ye shall be humbled, or brought low (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',22,26);">Jer 22:26</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',28,2);">28:2</a>).
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<br><br><b>your principalities</b>—rather, "your <i>head ornament.</i>"
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<p id="Jer13_19"><b>19. cities of the south</b>—namely, south of Judea; farthest off from the enemy, who advanced from the north.
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<br><br><b>shut up</b>—that is, deserted (<a onclick="return mV('Isa',24,10);">Isa 24:10</a>); so that none shall be left to open the gates to travellers and merchants again [HENDERSON]. Rather, <i>shut up so</i> closely by Nebuchadnezzar's forces, sent on before (<a onclick="return mV('2Ki',24,10,11);">2Ki 24:10-11</a>), that none shall be allowed by the enemy to get out (compare <a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,20);">Jer 13:20</a>).
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<br><br><b>wholly</b>—literally, "fully"; completely.
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<p id="Jer13_20"><b>20. from...north</b>—Nebuchadnezzar and his hostile army (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',1,14);">Jer 1:14</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Jer',6,22);">6:22</a>).
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<br><br><b>flock...given thee</b>—Jeremiah, amazed at the depopulation caused by Nebuchadnezzar's forces, addresses Jerusalem (a <i>noun of multitude,</i> which accounts for the blending of <i>plural</i> and <i>singular, Your</i> eyes...<i>thee</i>...<i>thy</i> flock), and asks where is the population (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,17);">Jer 13:17</a>, "flock") which God had given her?
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<p id="Jer13_21"><b>21. captains, <i>and</i> as chief</b>—literally, "princes as to headship"; or "over thy head," namely, the Chaldeans. Rather, translate, "What wilt thou say when God will set them (the enemies, <a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,20);">Jer 13:20</a>) above thee, seeing that thou thyself hast accustomed them (to be) with thee as (thy) <i>lovers in the highest place</i> (literally, 'at thy head')? Thou canst not say God does thee wrong, seeing it was thou that gave occasion to His dealing so with thee, by so eagerly courting their intimacy." Compare <a onclick="return mV('Jer',2,18,36);">Jer 2:18, 36</a>; <a onclick="return mV('2Ki',23,29);">2Ki 23:29</a>, as to the league of Judah with Babylon, which led Josiah to march against Pharaoh-necho, when the latter was about to attack Babylon [MAURER].
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<br><br><b>sorrows</b>—pains, throes.
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<p id="Jer13_22"><b>22. if thou say</b>—connecting this verse with "What wilt thou say" (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,21);">Jer 13:21</a>)?
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<br><br><b>skirts discovered</b>—that is, are thrown up so as to expose the person (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,26);">Jer 13:26</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Isa',3,17);">Isa 3:17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Nah',3,5);">Nah 3:5</a>).
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<br><br><b>heels made bare</b>—The sandal was fastened by a thong above the heel to the instep. The <i>Hebrew,</i> is, "are violently handled," or "torn off"; that is, thou art exposed to ignominy. Image from an adulteress.
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<p id="Jer13_23"><b>23. Ethiopian</b>—the Cushite of Abyssinia. Habit is second nature; as therefore it is morally impossible that the Jews can alter their inveterate habits of sin, nothing remains but the infliction of the extremest punishment, their expatriation (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,24);">Jer 13:24</a>).
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<p id="Jer13_24"><b>24.</b> (<a onclick="return mV('Psa',1,4);">Psa 1:4</a>).
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<br><br><b>by the wind</b>—<i>before</i> the wind.
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<br><br><b>of the wilderness</b>—where the wind has full sweep, not being broken by any obstacle.
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<p id="Jer13_25"><b>25. portion of thy measures</b>—the portion which I have measured out to thee (<a onclick="return mV('Job',20,29);">Job 20:29</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Psa',11,6);">Psa 11:6</a>).
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<br><br><b>falsehood</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,27);">Jer 13:27</a>), false gods and alliances with foreign idolaters.
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<p id="Jer13_26"><b>26. discover...upon thy face</b>—rather, "throw up thy skirts over thy face," or head; done by way of ignominy to captive women and to prostitutes (<a onclick="return mV('Nah',3,5);">Nah 3:5</a>). The Jews' punishment should answer to their crime. As their sin had been perpetrated in the most public places, so God would expose them to the contempt of other nations most openly (<a onclick="return mV('Lam',1,8);">Lam 1:8</a>).
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<p id="Jer13_27"><b>27. neighings</b>— (<a onclick="return mV('Jer',5,8);">Jer 5:8</a>), image from the lust of horses; the lust after idols degrades to the level of the brute.
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<br><br><b>hills</b>—where, as being nearer heaven, sacrifices were thought most acceptable to the gods.
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<br><br><b>wilt thou not...? when</b>—literally, "<i>thou wilt not be</i> made clean <i>after how long a time yet.</i>" (So <a onclick="return mV('Jer',13,23);">Jer 13:23</a>). Jeremiah <i>denies</i> the moral possibility of one so long hardened in sin becoming <i>soon</i> cleansed. But see <a onclick="return mV('Jer',32,17);">Jer 32:17</a>; <a onclick="return mV('Luk',18,27);">Luk 18:27</a>.
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