“ Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. ”
Therefore will I - literally, “And I also;” I also must have my turn, I too must retaliate. Compare Nahum 3:5 .
Therefore will I uncover thy skirts upon thy face, (m) that thy shame may appear. (m) As your iniquities have been revealed to all the world, so shall your shame and punishment.
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...
He continues the same subject, — that God did not deal with his people with so much severity without the most just cause; for it could not be expected that he should treat them with more gentle...
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face - It was the custom to punish lewd women by stripping them naked, and...
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face - rather, 'throw up thy skirts over thy face,' or head; done...
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...
Therefore will I discover... — The threat is substantially the same as that in Jeremiah 13:22 . The form is verbally identical with that of Nahum 3:5 .
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...
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...
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face ,.... Turn them up, or throw them over the head or face; that is, expose to public shame and disgrace; which was done when their city and temple we...
Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear. Ver. 26. Therefore I will discover thy skirts. ] Since thou hast discovered and prostituted thyseff to other lovers,...
Therefore will I discover thy skirts Lay thee open to shame and disgrace. See on Jeremiah 13:22 . I have seen thine adulteries Thy idolatries; thy inordinate desire after strange gods, which tho...
Punishment Predicted; Causes of Jerusalem's Ruin. B. C. 606. 22 And if thou say in thi...
Therefore I will expose thee to all manner of shame and contempt, without any regard to thy honour. Those that honour God, God will honour, but those that despise and dishonour him shall not be able...
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...
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
Ezekiel 16:37 ; Ezekiel 23:29 ; Hosea 2:10 ; Jeremiah 13:22 ; Lamentations 1:8
Therefore — I will expose thee to shame and contempt.