Jeremiah 21:13

inhabitant. inhabitress: i.e. Zion.

rock of the plain. Figure of speech Periphrasis, for Zion.

Related Commentaries of 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...
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...
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...
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 s...
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 J...
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 s...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

11-14 . Exhortation and warning to the royal house.
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Valley ] see on Jeremiah 17:3 .
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, desc...
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, Zede...
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, n...
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...
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 s...
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 mou...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Answer to Zedekiah's Message; Advice to the King and the People. B. C. 590....
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 Jerusa...
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 )....
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 ch...
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...
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 wa...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A Message to Judah and its King
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Behold, I am against thee, O inhabitant of the valley and rock of the plain, saith the Lord, Jerusalem being considered, on the one hand, as being si...
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...
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...

¹³ 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?

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 21:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Jeremiah 21:13