Jeremiah 13

Jeremiah 13:1

Thus saith the Lord unto me, Go and get thee a linen girdle, and put it upon thy loins, and put it not in water.

Get thee a girdle, the emblem of thy people whom I have heretofore kept close unto me, and put it upon thy loins, in figure of what I have done for the Jews, and put it not in water, to shew how carefully I have kept the people hitherto from all adversity. See verse 11.

Jeremiah 13:4

Take the girdle that thou hast got, which is upon thy loins, and arise, go to Euphrates, &c.

Then the Lord charged me, by way of vision, Arise, go to Euphrates, &c.

Jeremiah 13:7

And, behold, the girdle was marred; it was profitable for nothing.

VOL. III. F F And, behold, the girdle was marred; in figure, that the Jews should lie rotting and forlorn, in the dungeons and caves of Chaldea and Assyria.

Jeremiah 13:12

Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?

Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, My people is like to an earthen bottle; and every bottle shall be filled up to the brim with wine: then shall the hearers take this prophecy in great scorn, and say, What wonders are these thou tellest us! as if we knew not, that the use of bottles is to be filled with wine! tell these things to children that understand nothing.

Jeremiah 13:13

Then shalt thou say unto them, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David’s throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, with drunkenness.

Then shalt thou say unto them, Even thus every inhabitant of this land, even the kings, priests, prophets, and all the inhabitants, shall be filled up with the wine of God’s wrath; and shall be, as it were, drunken therewith, so as he shall no more know what to do, or which way to turn him, than a drunken man.

Jeremiah 13:14

And I will dash them one against another.

And those earthen pots of yours shall be dashed one against another.

Jeremiah 13:16

Before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains.

Before your feet, while ye are driving into captivity, stumble in your dark and nightly passages over the mountains.

Jeremiah 13:19

The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive.

Those cities of Egypt, which ye trusted to for a refuge unto you in your extremity, shall be shut up against you, for fear of the Chaldees; and none dare open them, to receive you: there will be no remedy: Judah must be carried away captive.

Jeremiah 13:20

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

Lift up your eyes, and behold the troops of the Babylonians, that come up against you: alas, what shall now become of that people, which hath had thee all this while in possession, O miserable Judea?

Jeremiah 13:21

What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chiefs over thee: shall not sorrows take thee as a woman in travail?

Thou, that now cavillest and despisest my word, what wilt thou then say, when these cruel Chaldees shall come upon thee? thou hast already inured them to be captains over thee and hast acquainted them with thy government, and given them advantages,

Jeremiah 13:22

And if thou say in thine heart, Wherefore come these things upon me? For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts discovered, and thy heels made bare.

And if, in thy secret murmur, thou shalt expostulate and say, Wherefore is all this mischief come upon me? the answer is ready and easy; For the greatness of thy unreformable wickedness, art thou thus exposed to the shame and ignominy of the world.

Jeremiah 13:23

Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.

Alas, ye are so habituated in evil, that there is no hope at all of your reclaiming: as soon may the blackamoor turn white, or the leopard spotless, as ye may turn good, after so long and obstinate persistence in your wickedness.

Jeremiah 13:26

Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy shame may appear.

I will put thee to the greatest shame and confusion that can be conceived, that thou mayst appear odious to the eyes of all beholders.