Jeremiah 13:13

Lexham English Bible

Contextual Overview

¹² "Therefore, you shall say to them this word, ‘Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel: "Every jar must be filled with wine."' And they will say to you, ‘Do we not certainly know that every jar should be filled with wine?' ¹³ Then you shall say to them, ‘Thus says Yahweh: "Look, I am about to fill all the inhabitants of this land, and the kings who sit on David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness. ¹⁴ And I will smash them, each one against his brother, and the fathers and the sons together," declares Yahweh. "I will not have compassion, and I will not take pity, and I will not show compassion from destroying them."'" ¹⁵ Listen, and pay attention, you must not be haughty, for Yahweh has spoken. ¹⁶ Give glory to Yahweh your God before he brings darkness, and before your feet stumble on the mountains at twilight. And you will hope for light, but he makes it as gloom, he makes it as thick darkness. ¹⁷ But if you will not listen to it, my inner self will weep in secret places, because of the presence of your pride. And my eyes will weep bitterly, and they will melt in tears, because the flock of Yahweh has been taken captive. ¹⁸ "Say to the king and to the queen mother, ‘Take a lower seat, for your beautiful crown has come down from your head.' ¹⁹ The towns of the Negev are shut up, and there is no one who opens them. All of Judah is deported; it is deported in completeness. ²⁰ Lift up your eyes and see those coming from the north. Where is the flock that was given to you, your magnificent flock? ²¹ What will you say when he sets over you— and you have taught them—allies as head over you? Will not labor pains take hold of you, like a woman giving birth?

Bible Verse Review
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I will: Jeremiah 25:15-18, Jeremiah 25:27, Jeremiah 51:7, Psalms 60:3, Psalms 75:8, Isaiah 29:9, Isaiah 49:26, Isaiah 51:17, Isaiah 51:21, Isaiah 63:6, Habakkuk 2:16

Reciprocal: Judges 7:19 - brake Jeremiah 16:6 - the great Jeremiah 17:25 - sitting Jeremiah 18:18 - for the Jeremiah 20:8 - I cried Jeremiah 48:26 - ye him Ezekiel 34:7 - General Hosea 6:5 - have I Malachi 2:1 - General

Cross-References

Genesis 6:11
And the earth was corrupted before God, and the earth was filled with violence.

Genesis 10:9
He was a mighty hunter before Yahweh. Therefore it was said, "Like Nimrod a mighty hunter before Yahweh."

Genesis 13:4
to the place where he had made an altar at the beginning. And Abram called on the name of Yahweh there.

Genesis 13:6
And the land could not support them so as to live together, because their possessions were so many that they were not able to live together.

Genesis 13:8
Then Abram said to Lot, "Please, let there not be quarreling between me and you, and between my shepherds and your shepherds, for we men are brothers.

Genesis 13:9
Is not the whole land before you? Separate yourself from me. If you want what is on the left, then I will go right; if you want what is on the right, I will go left."

Genesis 13:11
So Lot chose for himself all the plain of the Jordan. And Lot journeyed from the east, and so they separated from each other.

Genesis 15:16
And the fourth generation shall return here, for the guilt of the Amorites is not yet complete."

Genesis 18:20
Then Yahweh said, "Because the outcry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great and because their sin is very serious,

Genesis 38:7
And Er, the firstborn of Judah, was evil in the eyes of Yahweh, and Yahweh killed him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Then shall thou say unto them,.... Explaining the above words:

thus saith the Lord, behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land; this is the application of the parable, and shows that by every bottle is meant every inhabitant of Judea:

even the kings that sit upon David's throne; or, "that sit for David on his throne" w; that succeed him one after another; more kings may be meant than one, as Jehoiakim and Zedekiah; or the present reigning king, and the princes of the brood, are designed; who, though of David's family, and on his throne, yet this could not secure them from the calamity threatened:

and the priests; who ministered in holy things; their sacred office and function would not preserve them from ruin:

and the prophets; the false prophets, as the Targum, that prophesied smooth things, and prophesied them peace and safety, these should be involved in the common destruction:

and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem with drunkenness; with tribulation, as the Targum interprets it; and adds,

"and shall be like a drunken man;''

giddy, stupid, unable to help themselves, or to advise one another.

w הישבים לדוד "sedentes Davidi", Montanus, Schmidt, Cocceius; "pro David", Pagninus, Calvin, Junius & Tremellius.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The kings ... - i. e., his successors in general. In the fall of Jerusalem four kings in succession were crushed.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 13:13. Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land - with drunkenness. — You pretend to take this literally, but it is a symbol. You, and your kings, and priests, and prophets, are represented by these bottles. The wine is God's wrath against you, which shall first be shown by confounding your deliberations, filling you with foolish plans of defense, causing you from your divided counsels to fall out among yourselves, so that like so many drunken men you shall reel about and jostle each other; defend yourselves without plan, and fight without order, till ye all fall an easy prey into the hands of your enemies. The ancient adage is here fulfilled: -

Quos Deus vult perdere, prius dementat.

"Those whom God determines to destroy, he

first renders foolish."