collapse all  

Text -- Jeremiah 13:20 (NET)

Strongs On/Off
Context
13:20 Then I said, “Look up, Jerusalem, and see the enemy that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? Where now are the ‘sheep’ that you take such pride in?
Parallel   Cross Reference (TSK)   ITL  

Names, People and Places, Dictionary Themes and Topics

Dictionary Themes and Topics: Sheep | Minister | Israel | Idolatry | HOSEA | more
Table of Contents

Word/Phrase Notes
Wesley , JFB , Clarke , Calvin , TSK

Word/Phrase Notes
Barnes , Poole , Haydock , Gill

Verse Notes / Footnotes
NET Notes , Geneva Bible

Verse Range Notes
TSK Synopsis , MHCC , Matthew Henry , Keil-Delitzsch , Constable

collapse all
Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per phrase)

Wesley: Jer 13:20 - -- The prophet speaks to the king, or to the rulers. In the multitude of the people is the king's honour.

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

JFB: Jer 13:20 - -- Nebuchadnezzar and his hostile army (Jer 1:14; Jer 6:22).

Nebuchadnezzar and his hostile army (Jer 1:14; Jer 6:22).

JFB: Jer 13:20 - -- Jeremiah, amazed at the depopulation caused by Nebuchadnezzar's forces, addresses Jerusalem (a noun of multitude, which accounts for the blending of p...

Jeremiah, amazed at the depopulation caused by Nebuchadnezzar's forces, addresses Jerusalem (a noun of multitude, which accounts for the blending of plural and singular, Your eyes . . . thee . . . thy flock), and asks where is the population (Jer 13:17, "flock") which God had given her?

Clarke: Jer 13:20 - -- Where is the flock - thy beautiful flock? - Jerusalem is addressed. Where are the prosperous multitudes of men, women, and children? Alas! are they ...

Where is the flock - thy beautiful flock? - Jerusalem is addressed. Where are the prosperous multitudes of men, women, and children? Alas! are they not driven before the Babylonians, who have taken them captive?

Calvin: Jer 13:20 - -- 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 a...

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, as though that would be a quiet residence for you; but God will prevent you from having any escape there. Now see, see your enemies who are coming from another quarter, even from Chaldea. Lift up then your eyes.” As they were so very intent on their present ease, he bids them to lift up their eyes, that they might see farther than they were wont to do.

He then says, Where is the flock which had been given to thee? and the sheep of thy glory? It is through pity that the Prophet thus speaks; for he saw by the Spirit the whole land deserted, and in wonder he asks, “What does this mean, that the flock is scattered which had been given to thee?” He addresses the people under the character of a woman, as he does often in other places. 90 In short, he confirms what he had said before, — that he would go to some secret place, if the people were not influenced by his doctrine, and that he would there by himself deplore their calamity; but he employs other words, and at the same time intimates, that he alone had eyes to see, as others were blind, for God had even taken from them understanding and discernment. The Prophet then shews here that he saw the dreadful desolation that was soon to come; and therefore as one astonished he asks, Where is the flock with which God had enriched the land? and further he asks, Where are the sheep which possessed a magnificent honor or beauty? It follows —

TSK: Jer 13:20 - -- and : Jer 1:14, Jer 6:22, Jer 10:22; Hab 1:6 where : Jer 13:17, Jer 23:2; Isa 56:9-12; Eze 34:7-10; Zec 11:16, Zec 11:17; Joh 10:12, Joh 10:13; Act 20...

collapse all
Commentary -- Word/Phrase Notes (per Verse)

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

Jerusalem is asked where the cities, which once lay grouped round her, like a goodly flock of sheep, are gone? The question implies blame.

Poole: Jer 13:20 - -- 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 wa...

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 either speaks to the king, or to the rulers, or chief of the congregation of Judah. Pro 14:28 , In the multitude of the people is the king’ s honour . So in the multitude of subjects, or of members, lies much of the honour of a church or state.

Haydock: Jer 13:20 - -- North: ye Chaldeans. (Haydock) --- Hebrew and Septuagint, "see those who come." --- Cattle. O king, what account wilt thou give of the people to...

North: ye Chaldeans. (Haydock) ---

Hebrew and Septuagint, "see those who come." ---

Cattle. O king, what account wilt thou give of the people to the Almighty? (Calmet)

Gill: Jer 13:20 - -- 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...

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 directed to the king, as the words following are; and they are read in the plural number, the state and whole body of the people being called upon to observe the Chaldean army, which came from the north; and is represented as on the march, just at hand to invade, besiege, take, and carry them captive. The Septuagint version renders it, "lift up thine eyes, O Jerusalem"; and the Arabic version, "O Israel: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?" that is, the people, as the Targum interprets it, which were committed to the care and charge of the king, as sheep into the hands of a shepherd; and were a fine body of people, chosen of God and precious, distinguished above all others by wholesome and righteous laws and statutes, and special privileges; a people who were a kingdom of priests, a holy nation, and a peculiar people, the glory of the whole earth; but now carried, or about to be carried, captive. It is no unusual thing to represent a king as a shepherd, and his people as a flock, guided, governed, and protected by him, and who is accountable for his trust to the King of kings; see Psa 78:71.

expand all
Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Jer 13:20 Heb “the sheep of your pride.” The word “of your people” and the quotes around “sheep” are intended to carry over ...

Geneva Bible: Jer 13:20 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...

expand all
Commentary -- Verse Range Notes

TSK Synopsis: Jer 13:1-27 - --1 By the type of a linen girdle, hidden at Euphrates, God prefigures the destruction of his people.12 Under the parable of the bottles filled with win...

MHCC: Jer 13:18-27 - --Here is a message sent to king Jehoiakim, and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. Do they ask, Wherefore come these things upon us? Let th...

Matthew Henry: Jer 13:12-21 - -- Here is, I. A judgment threatened against this people that would quite intoxicate them. This doom is pronounced against them in a figure, to make it...

Keil-Delitzsch: Jer 13:18-21 - -- The fall of the kingdom, the captivity of Judah, with upbraidings against Jerusalem for her grievous guilt in the matter of idolatry. - Jer 13:18....

Constable: Jer 2:1--45:5 - --II. Prophecies about Judah chs. 2--45 The first series of prophetic announcements, reflections, and incidents th...

Constable: Jer 2:1--25:38 - --A. Warnings of judgment on Judah and Jerusalem chs. 2-25 Chapters 2-25 contain warnings and appeals to t...

Constable: Jer 11:1--13:27 - --The consequences of breaking the covenant chs. 11-13 This section provides an explanatio...

Constable: Jer 13:20-27 - --Jerusalem's incurable wickedness 13:20-27 13:20 The Lord called Jerusalem to look north and she would see people coming.238 The city was about to lose...

expand all
Introduction / Outline

JFB: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) JEREMIAH, son of Hilkiah, one of the ordinary priests, dwelling in Anathoth of Benjamin (Jer 1:1), not the Hilkiah the high priest who discovered the ...

JFB: Jeremiah (Outline) EXPOSTULATION WITH THE JEWS, REMINDING THEM OF THEIR FORMER DEVOTEDNESS, AND GOD'S CONSEQUENT FAVOR, AND A DENUNCIATION OF GOD'S COMING JUDGMENTS FOR...

TSK: Jeremiah 13 (Chapter Introduction) Overview Jer 13:1, By the type of a linen girdle, hidden at Euphrates, God prefigures the destruction of his people; Jer 13:12, Under the parable ...

Poole: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) BOOK OF THE PROPHET JEREMIAH THE ARGUMENT IT was the great unhappiness of this prophet to be a physician to, but that could not save, a dying sta...

Poole: Jeremiah 13 (Chapter Introduction) CHAPTER 13 In the type of a linen girdle God prefigureth their destruction, Jer 13:1-11 . Under the parable of bottles filled with wine, is foretol...

MHCC: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Jeremiah was a priest, a native of Anathoth, in the tribe of Benjamin. He was called to the prophetic office when very young, about seventy years afte...

MHCC: Jeremiah 13 (Chapter Introduction) (Jer 13:1-11) The glory of the Jews should be marred. (Jer 13:12-17) All ranks should suffer misery, An earnest exhortation to repentance. (Jer 13:1...

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) An Exposition, with Practical Observations, of The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah The Prophecies of the Old Testament, as the Epistles of the New, are p...

Matthew Henry: Jeremiah 13 (Chapter Introduction) Still the prophet is attempting to awaken this secure and stubborn people to repentance, by the consideration of the judgments of God that were com...

Constable: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) Introduction Title The title of this book derives from its writer, the late seventh an...

Constable: Jeremiah (Outline) Outline I. Introduction ch. 1 A. The introduction of Jeremiah 1:1-3 B. T...

Constable: Jeremiah Jeremiah Bibliography Aharoni, Yohanan, and Michael Avi-Yonah. The Macmillan Bible Atlas. Revised ed. London: C...

Haydock: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) THE PROPHECY OF JEREMIAS. INTRODUCTION. Jeremias was a priest, a native of Anathoth, a priestly city, in the tribe of Benjamin, and was sanct...

Gill: Jeremiah (Book Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH The title of the book in the Vulgate Latin version is, "the Prophecy of Jeremiah"; in the Syriac and Arabic versions, "the...

Gill: Jeremiah 13 (Chapter Introduction) INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 13 In this chapter, under the similes of a girdle and bottles of wine, the destruction of the Jews is set forth. Some exho...

Advanced Commentary (Dictionaries, Hymns, Arts, Sermon Illustration, Question and Answers, etc)


created in 0.08 seconds
powered by
bible.org - YLSA