Jeremiah 13:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? ”

Jeremiah 13:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jerusalem is asked where the cities, which once lay grouped round her, like a goodly flock of sheep, are gone? The question implies blame.
Jeremiah 13:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where [is] the (i) flock [that] was given thee, thy beautiful flock? (i) He asks the king, where his people is become.
Jeremiah 13:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jerusalem's Shame. This prophecy, as perhaps others in this chapter, would suit the position of affairs under Jehoiakim, after Carchemish (605). Jerusalem is asked concerning the welfare of her peo...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the north. See notes on Jeremiah 1:13 ; Jeremiah 3:12 ; Jeremiah 6:1 , &c.
Jeremiah 13:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We here see that Egypt and Chaldea are set in opposition, the one to the other; as though the Prophet had said, “Whenever anything is said to you about the Chaldeans, ye turn your eyes to Egypt...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? Where is the flock - thy beautiful flock? - Jerusalem is addressed. Where...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Lift up your eyes, &c.— "Ye people of Judah, behold and reconnoitre the Chaldean army, coming against you from the north." The next words are addressed to the king and queen; see Jeremiah 13:1...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? Behold them that come from the north - Nebuchadnezzar and his hostile...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Lift up your eyes. — The Hebrew verb is feminine and singular, the possessive pronoun masculine and plural. Assuming the reading to be correct, the irregularity may have been intended to combine th...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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...
Jeremiah 13:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I interrupt not the reading of those verses, because they are connected. They contain the solemn expostulation of the Lord, in the view of their sins. They point out also the utter impossibility of t...
Jeremiah 13:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north ,.... There are a Keri and a Cetib of the words "lift up" and "behold"; they are written in the singular number, and may be considered as...
Jeremiah 13:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where [is] the flock [that] was given thee, thy beautiful flock? Ver. 20. Lift up your eyes, &c. ] Still he bespeaketh the king and...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The cities of the south , &c. The cities of Judah, which lay in the southern part of Canaan, shall be straitly besieged by the enemy, so that there shall be no going in and out; or shall be dese...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Bottles Filled with Wine; Punishment Predicted; A Call to Repentance. B. C. 606. 12 T...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He speaks to them as if their enemy was even then upon their march, that if they did but look they might see him coming. Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? the prophet eit...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

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...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

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 13:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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...
Jeremiah 13:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? A question for parents and pastors Here is a flock that is being inquired about, not a flock only, but a beautiful flock. 1. The...
Jeremiah 13:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

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...
Jeremiah 13:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Exhortation with Regard to the Impending Destruction
Jeremiah 13:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Acts 20:26-29 ; Ezekiel 34:7-10 ; Habakkuk 1:6 ; Isaiah 56:9-12 ; Jeremiah 1:14 ; Jeremiah 10:22 ; Jeremiah 13:17 ; Jeremiah 23:2 ; Jeremiah 6:22 ; John 10:12 ; John 10:13 ; Zechariah 11:...
Jeremiah 13:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Where — The prophet speaks to the king, or to the rulers. In the multitude of the people is the king's honour.

Jeremiah 13:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 13:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 13:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 13:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 13:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 13:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 13:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 13:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 13:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 13:20 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 13:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 13:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 13:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 13:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes