Jeremiah 13:20

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

Related Commentaries of 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.
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 ki...
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). Je...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

the north. See notes on Jeremiah 1:13 ; Jeremiah 3:12 ; Jeremiah 6:1 , &c.
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 y...
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 - th...
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 a...
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 co...
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' ( Jeremi...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The north ] see on Jeremiah 1:13 . Where is the flock? ] Where are the towns that once lay, like a fair flock of sheep, grouped around thee?
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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 you...
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 th...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Bottles Filled with Wine; Punishment Predicted; A Call to Repentance. B. C. 606...
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...
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 )....
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 o...
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 offensiv...
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, n...
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 rejecti...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

An Exhortation with Regard to the Impending Destruction
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Lift up your eyes and behold them that come from the North, the reference being to Nebuchadnezzar and his Chaldean hordes; where is the flock that w...
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...

²⁰ Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 13:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

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 Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 13:20