jeremiah-13:10-11,-james-1:26-27-niv

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:1-27

“ IN THE SWELLING OF JORDAN ” God told the prophet worse was to come. The Swelling of Jordan would be experienced later, and in the present lesson, especially towards the close, we have an illustration of it. There are things of interest to look at in the meantime, for example, an illustration of that symbolic teaching mentioned earlier. In chapter 13 we have what two symbols? See Jeremiah 13:1-11 for the first and Jeremiah 13:12-14 for the second. The prophet acted these out before the... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Jeremiah 13:1-27

Jeremiah's Questions Jeremiah 13-14 The Book of Jeremiah is full of questions. They are questions indicative of bewilderment, amazement, ignorance, hopefulness; they stand often in place of that silence which is more eloquent than speech, as if the prophet would tempt the Lord himself into reply by asking questions. Thus we tempt little children, and thus we would tempt the wisest scholars with whom we come into momentary contact, and thus adoringly would we seek to lure God into audible... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 13:8-11

The signs and types are doubly beautiful, and interesting, which God the Holy Ghost himself explains. And here we have the Lord's own illustration of it. Our whole nature was marred by sin; and when the Lord gathered from the mass, his people Israel, and chose them for his portion; how did he cause to cleave unto him, both Judah and Israel for a name, and a glory, and a praise, , above all the people of the earth. But when by sin, and transgression they departed from the Lord, like Jeremiah's... read more

George Haydock

George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 13:11

Glory; that they might serve me for the edification of the world. read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 13:1-11

1-11 It was usual with the prophets to teach by signs. And we have the explanation, ver. Jeremiah 13:9-11. The people of Israel had been to God as this girdle. He caused them to cleave to him by the law he gave them, the prophets he sent among them, and the favours he showed them. They had by their idolatries and sins buried themselves in foreign earth, mingled among the nations, and were so corrupted that they were good for nothing. If we are proud of learning, power, and outward privileges,... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 13:1-11

The Symbol of the Girdle v. 1. Thus saith the Lord unto me, in bidding the prophet perform an act of symbolic significance, Go and get thee a linen girdle, a very important article of apparel in those days, since it held the garments together and enabled a person to stride forward without hindrance, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water, thus using it and taking good care of it. v. 2. So I got a girdle according to the word of the Lord and put it on my loins, wearing it for... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 13:1-27

CHAPTER 13Since the foregoing discourse is complete in itself, it is not correct to say that Jeremiah 11-13 form “a whole, one prophetic discourse”(Graf, S. 174). Chap. 13. on the contrary is an independent portion, but contemporaneous with the preceding. For although the cleft in the rock by the river Euphrates involves an obscure intimation of the place of exile, the enemies from the North are still spoken of indefinitely (comp. on Jeremiah 13:20). This portion therefore belongs to the period... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Jeremiah 13:1-11

20-25, the Parable of the Girdle Jeremiah 13:1-11 This parable of the girdle may really have been transacted. By some such striking symbol before them the attention of the people must have been powerfully arrested. Or, it may be that this is only a vivid style of presentation. Whichever it is, the chief idea is the intimacy of relationship between the Chosen People and their God, Jeremiah 13:11 . Oh, that He would cause us to cleave to Him! The degradation of the best produces the worst,... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 13:1-27

The account of this time of communion between Jeremiah and Jehovah ends with the story of how Jehovah gave him two signs, one for himself and one for the people. That for himself was the sign of the girdle which he was to wear, then to hide by Euphrates, and then to seek in order to see its worthlessness. The significance of the sign was clearly stated to him. The girdle was the emblem of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah. The second sign was a spoken one in the form of a proverb,... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 13:11

WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN!‘That they might be … but they would not.’ Jeremiah 13:11 I. This parable of the girdle may really have been transacted.—By some such striking symbol, enacted before the people, their attention must have been powerfully arrested. Or, it may be that this is only a vivid style of presentation. Whichever it is, the chief idea is the intimacy of relationship between the chosen people and their God. Oh that He would cause us to cleave unto Him! At the same time, the... read more