“ Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. ”
Be not proud - Both the symbols were of a nature very humiliating to the national self-respect.
Israel's Pride. The prophet warns against the arrogancy that persistently refuses to obey ( i.e. give glory to; cf. 1 Samuel 6:5 ) Yahweh, and compares the disobedient with travellers on mounta...
ye. Now addressing all. hath spoken. Jehovah's words, not Jeremiah's.
The Prophet shews here more fully what we have stated, — that so refractory was the temper of those with whom he had to do, that it was necessary to use various means to subdue them. And it was...
DISCOURSE: 1048 A CALL TO REPENTANCE [Note: Preached February, 1801.] Jeremiah 13:15-17 . Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken. Give glory to the Lord your God, before h...
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken.
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. Be not proud - pride was the cause of their contumacy, as humility is the first step to obedience ( Jeremiah 13:17 ; Psalms 10:...
Jeremiah's Seventh Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiachin). The Linen Girdle The date of this prophecy is shown pretty clearly by the word 'queen' ( Jeremiah 13:18 ), which means queen-mother, namely, Nehu...
Be not proud. — With special reference to the besetting sin of Judah, as described in Jeremiah 13:9 ; perhaps also to the character of the symbols applied — the marred girdle and the broken jar —...
CHAPTER VIII THE FALL OF PRIDE Jeremiah 13:1-27 THIS discourse is a sort of appendix to the preceding; as is indicated by its abrupt and brief beginning with the words "Thus said Iahvah unto m...
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...
Who can read this account of the mournful prophet, but must revere his memory? Oh! how delightful is it to behold a faithful pastor, taking interest in all that concerns his people! But while the mem...
Hear ye, and give ear ,.... Both to what goes before, and what follows after. The words doubled denote the closest and strictest attention: be not proud ; haughty, scornful, as above all instructi...
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD hath spoken. Ver. 15. Hear, and give ear. ] Or, Hear and hearken, be not naughty. Here the prophet calleth upon them again to repent, and to that...
Hear ye , &c. The prophet proceeds to give them good counsel, which, if it had been taken, the desolation and destruction threatened would have been prevented. Be not proud Pride was one of th...
The Bottles Filled with Wine; Punishment Predicted; A Call to Repentance. B. C. 606. 12 T...
God ordinarily subjoineth exhortation and counsel to his reproof, if peradventure people will change their hearts and ways. Having threatened them, therefore the prophet speaketh to them, that they w...
A Final Appeal For Repentance Before It Is Too Late, For if They Do Fail To Respond Their Final Judgment Will Come Upon Them ( Jeremiah 13:15-27 ). The people are called on to look to YHWH while t...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter . The reference in Jeremiah 13:18 to the “queen” is regarded as determining the date of this chapter. Ewald, Hitzig, Umbreit, Dahler, He...
Jeremiah 13:1 . Get thee a linen girdle, or “buy thee,” as the Chaldaic reads; which this priest and prophet wore unwashed till it became offensive, and began to excite attention and talk. The pri...
Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud: for the Lord hath spoken. Jehovah hath spoken: will ye not hear? I. There is a revelation. “For the Lord hath spoken.” 1. The voice which we are bidden t...
EXPOSITION The chapter falls into two parts—the one describing a divinely commanded action of the prophet, symbolical of the approaching rejection of the Jewish people, the other announcing in l...
An Exhortation with Regard to the Impending Destruction
Acts 4:19 ; Acts 4:20 ; Amos 7:15 ; Isaiah 28:14-22 ; Isaiah 42:23 ; James 4:10 ; Jeremiah 26:15 ; Joel 1:2 ; Revelation 2:29