Jeremiah 21:13 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitantb of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? ”

Jeremiah 21:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Inhabitant - is feminine, the population of Jerusalem being always personified as a woman, the daughter of Zion. Omit and. Jerusalem is at once a valley and a rock Jeremiah 17:3 . The people are...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Behold, I [am] against thee, (g) O inhabitant of the valley, [and] rock of the plain, saith the LORD; who say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? (g) Meaning, J...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

inhabitant . inhabitress: i.e. Zion. rock of the plain. Figure of speech Periphrasis , for Zion.
Jeremiah 21:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Though the whole nation was corrupt in the time of the Prophet, yet Jerusalem was the head and seat of all evils, especially as there was there more licentiousness; and then they thought that t...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? O inhabitant of t...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Behold, I am against thee— Behold, I am against thee, who sittest in the valley of Segor, in the midst of the plain: Houbigant; who thinks that Jerusalem is here meant, which, like another Segor,...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? O inhabitant...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

11-14 . Exhortation and warning to the royal house.
Jeremiah 21:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

O inhabitant of the valley... — The noun, as the marginal “inhabitress” shows, is feminine; and, as in “the daughter of Zion” for Zion itself, describes the lower city of Jerusalem, Isaiah’s “valle...
Jeremiah 21:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The final series before the fall of Jerusalem consists of messages delivered to Zedekiah (21-27). The occasion of these was, in the first place, Zedekiah's deputation to the prophet. The scourge whic...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It was the glory of Jerusalem, and for which the Prophet boasted, that she should be a quiet habitation, whose tabernacle should not be taken down, nor one of her stakes removed. But this was because...
Jeremiah 21:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Behold, I [am] against thee ,.... Or, "behold, I unto thee" s; to be supplied either thus, "behold, I say unto thee" t; what follows; and therefore take notice of it, attend unto it: or, "behold, I...
Jeremiah 21:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Behold, I [am] against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, [and] rock of the plain, saith the LORD; which say, Who shall come down against us? or who shall enter into our habitations? Ver. 13. Behol...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley, and rock of the plain A description of Jerusalem, which was built in part upon the rocky mountain of Zion, but a great part of it was in the v...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Answer to Zedekiah's Message; Advice to the King and the People. B. C. 590. 8 And unto...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Inhabitant of the valley; the inhabitants of the city of Jerusalem are those here intended, Psalms 125:2 . The mountains were round about Jerusalem, yea, Jerusalem itself was builded in part upo...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

A General Plea To The House Of David Not To Be Presumptious But To Exercise Justice and Mercy If They Would Escape Judgment ( Jeremiah 21:11-14 ). Jeremiah now makes a general plea to ‘the house o...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. Beginning of Zedekiah’s reign. Vide Notes, and especially Personal Allusions to chap. 1. Usher dates the chapter B.C. 589; Hales...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 21:1 . Pashur the son of Melchiah, a different person from the Pashur named in the preseding chapter, who was son of Immer. Jeremiah 21:8 . I set before you the way of life, and the wa...
Jeremiah 21:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION The chapter falls into three parts, two of which seem to be in some sort of connection, while the third is isolated. First comes a warning to the messengers of Zedekiah of the unfortu...
Jeremiah 21:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Message to Judah and its King
Jeremiah 21:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 5:6 ; 2 Samuel 5:7 ; Exodus 13:20 ; Exodus 13:8 ; Isaiah 22:1 ; Jeremiah 21:5 ; Jeremiah 23:30-32 ; Jeremiah 49:16 ; Jeremiah 49:4 ; Jeremiah 49:5 ; Jeremiah 50:31 ; Jeremiah 51:...
Jeremiah 21:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Of the valley — The inhabitants of the city of Jerusalem are here intended. Jerusalem itself was built in part upon the rocky mountain of Zion, but a great part was in the valley, and the higher mo...

Jeremiah 21:13 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 21:13 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 21:13 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 21:13 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 21:13 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 21:13 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 21:13 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 21:13 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 21:13 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 21:13 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 21:13 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 21:13 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes