Jeremiah 46

Jeremiah 46:1

Behold - I will bring the sword upon them also, and they shall be led into captivity; and tho’ they may have made inroads upon my people, and carried away some of them, yet I will fetch them out of their captivity.

Jeremiah 46:3

If - If they will leave their idolatries, and learn to worship me, and swear by my name the Lord liveth, that is, pay that homage which they owe to the Divine being to me, the living and true God. Then - They shall have a portion among my people, which was eminently fulfilled in the conversion of the Gentiles.

Jeremiah 46:10

So - Most think Jeremiah did this in a vision, for it was a very long journey from Anathoth to Euphrates.

Jeremiah 46:17

Do we not know - This is no strange thing.

Jeremiah 46:18

Behold - There is a wine of astonishment and confusion, Psalms 60:3. With that wine, saith God, I will fill all orders of persons, kings, priests, prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 46:21

Give glory - Glorify God, by an humble confession of your sins, by submitting yourselves to God, humbling yourselves under his word, and under his mighty hand, before God brings upon you, his great and heavy judgments.

Jeremiah 46:24

The cities - The cities of Judah lay southward from Chaldea.

Jeremiah 46:25

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

Jeremiah 46:26

What wilt thou say - Thou wilt have nothing to say, but be wholly confounded when God shall visit thee with this sore judgment, for by thy so often calling them to thy assistance, thou hast taught them to be captains over thee.

Jeremiah 46:27

Thy skirts - Probably these phrases are fetched from the usual practice of soldiers when they have conquered a place and taken prisoners, to strip them. By skirts is meant the lower part of their bodies covered with the lower part of their garments.