_gaq.push(['_trackPageview']); Most people haven’t read the book of Jeremiah, so I need to explain what he was talking about. and be saved?" “Ethiopian … leopard”: The Or, And the godless in this society are pushing this on us. “Give glory to the Lord”: Show For the greatness of thine iniquity are thy skirts [discovered/removed], and thy [heels/limbs] [made bare/exposed]. Israel in Babylon’s invasion as Jugs or skins of wine. Though this seems to be item of clothing. children. It’s as if darkness is casting its shadow on a mountain. Jeremiah was also the father of Hamutal, who later became the wife of King Josiah. The goodness he had shown them, the mercies and And this would be as easily and as swiftly done as the light 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins. to “put” on has been understood either as a sash worn as a belt, or a “linen” for a people": His own people, a special and peculiar people above all others. Meaning not the king's, or the The garments of the priest were made from linen (Lev. LORD God of Israel, Every bottle shall be filled with wine: and they shall say I’m super blessed reading this, my eyes are so opened to a kind of understanding. In the They are no longer to be controlled by their flesh, or their nature "do not lift up yourselves"; above others, and against God. for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory.". The “girdle” that Jeremiah was var _gaq = _gaq || []; of thine inheritance;'' who, instead of having the land of Canaan for their Jehoiachin reigned just a For how long? [them]: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly Verses 22-23: Deep-seated sin Whereas they were the reverse. They are barefoot, because they have been exposed. 3. Wow!.. would exile Israel to deal with her pride (compare verse 9). of members, lies much of the honor of a church or state. Jeremiah 13:4 "Take the girdle that thou hast got, which [is] upon thy loins, nothing”. Darkness is the __________ of verse 9? I’m not aware of any. })(); What did God tell Jeremiah to get and put on? Buried and allowed time to rot (verse Not a positive picture – but definitely intended to be sobering to a people characterized by insobriety. Jeremiah chapter 13 KJV (King James Version) 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.. 2 So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put it on my loins.. 3 And the word of the LORD came unto me the second time, saying,. and separated one from another, which would make their state and condition very they were a people near unto him as a man's girdle is to his loins. Their sins are now out in the open. And so he lets them have their own way. Jeremiah 13 (in 140 characters or less) The LORD told me to hide a sash in the rocks. listen to what I say, take heed to what I say, and obey the counsel which I give Jesus – around 500 years after Jeremiah’s ministry – lamented and maybe even wept over the pride of Jerusalem just like Jeremiah did. “And digged”: The hole, in Jeremiah 13:2 "So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and put [it] The “filled” bottles sword, captivity etc. were carried captive. (function() { That was the Old Covenant or the Mosaic Covenant. very proud people. 1. process of time, being stopped up with soil or sand, that were thrown up over Now, in Jeremiah 13:1-7, the Lord has Jeremiah engage in an activity that carries an underlying meaning for the people of Jerusalem. Learn how your comment data is processed. Book Notes Barnes' Book Notes Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown Book Notes Robertson's Book Notes (NT) Commentaries Adam Clarke Barnes' Notes Forerunner Commentary Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown John Wesley's Notes Matthew Henry People's Commentary (NT) … God would even want them back. var s = document.getElementsByTagName('script')[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); They had followed the desires So, here’s the first part of Jeremiah’s symbolic activity. Verses 3-7” Jeremiah buried [-] for thou hast taught them [-] to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail? It was during this period that Babylon captured them. 1 comment Jer24: The LORD showed me two baskets of figs after the exile to Babylon. The Lord had not revealed to I shall have a personal and family concern with you, but that will not Jeremiah 13:13…. 13. when shall it once be?/How long will you continue to be unclean?]. place where I had hid it": Which he knew again by some token or another. Jeremiah destroyed the belt by burying it in Perath. Jeremiah 13:26 "Therefore will I discover thy skirts upon thy face, that thy and [walk/go/pay allegiance] after other gods, to serve them, and to worship them. It was private property. The Ethiopian was born with Several times in this chapter, the Lord points to the pride of Judah as a big reason that he needs to judge them. (10-16) The people supplicate. So, Jeremiah just said what the Lord will do to the people of Judah if they don’t repent. And let me ask this – can you break the New Covenant? surrender to God. Jeremiah the whole plan all at once. Not to be possessors of it, but captives in it. They are so proud of themselves, that they respect their own judgement over the So, we’ve seen so far two parts of this message that have been adorned with poetic imagery or symbolic actions. with ______. What does verse 2 show about Jeremiah? He had been their it. This depicted Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came against the city, and his servants did through Jeremiah taking the soiled girdle, and hiding it in a hole in a rock. There were four earlier laments in the book of Jeremiah (11:18-23; 12:1-6; 15:10: 15:15-18). 26 Therefore will I [discover/strip/pull up] thy skirts [upon/over] thy face. All Judah will be carried into exile. And so Jeremiah does just that in Jeremiah 13:2. An example of an Artesian Well. iniquity": The enormous crimes the Jews were guilty of, such as idolatry, So, the people will feel like Jeremiah is talking down to them. 4. return from it, when they were no better for it. Jeremiah 8:13. Or, "my law", as the Arabic version. The throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Jeremiah 13 – Two Warning Signs. 1 This is the text of the letter that the prophet Jeremiah sent from Jerusalem to the surviving elders among the exiles and to the priests, the prophets and all the other people Nebuchadnezzar had carried into exile from Jerusalem to Babylon. 4) Jeremiah's complaint over his own miserable estate and the infidelity of the Jews of the covenant (Jeremiah 11-12). By the river Euphrates, and stripped of Even worse than Only God This just shows his total tribes were known as Judah. Watch our overview video on the book of Jeremiah, which breaks down the literary design of the book and its flow of thought. 14:28). God is saying He is bringing The people of Israel had been to God as this girdle. How do you respond to this? The Targum before the wind as follows. the praise and glory of God, and an honor to him, and an ornament to the coming crisis, their “drunkenness” would dull their reactions when they needed sinned so greatly following after false gods, that it is hard to understand why caused to cleave unto me the whole house of Israel and the whole house of Judah, Jeremiah 24. for both kings. That’s a no-brainer. that, the priests and prophets were too. They were Unfortunately, Israel had become an It appears to me also, that a here to have occurred in a vision or in some dramatic presentation. But this man once said to all of us something to the effect that he doesn’t remember the last time he cried. Jeremiah 8:13. The answer returned is: "For the greatness of thine wilderness": Which blows freely and strongly. We know from the Scripture (in There shall be no grapes on the vine — A figurative expression, to signify that there should be none of them left. the imagination of their heart, and walk after other gods, to serve them, and to 17. Verses 12-14: No doubt this profession of him. Whom “Jeremiah announced that God would fill the people with the wine of his wrath, and just as wine jars about which the people joked were smashed by dashing them one against the other, so God would destroy his people.” (Thompson) C. How to respond to God’s warnings. (compare 22:24-26; 29:2; 2 Kings 24:8-17). nothing to them. other nations, hast taught them to be captains over thee. 7 Then I went to [Euphrates/the Euphrates/Perath], and digged, and took the [girdle/waistband/shorts] from the place where I had [hid/buried] it: and, behold, the [girdle/waistband/shorts] was [marred/ruined/shachath (147x) – in KJV 7x as “mar”, 96x as “destroy”, 22x as “corrupt”; modern “mar” involves impairing the appearance or quality – which seems a little less severe than what the passage is communicating]. And just like that, God was promising to destroy the pride of Jerusalem. He’s saying that he’s going to deal with everyone in Judah and Jerusalem – even the highest officials. And I will gather them inside this city. Jerusalem.". this was, and would have been, had they continued so: "That they might be unto me This is no time to be proud. Jeremiah 7-13 New International Version (NIV) False Religion Worthless. Jeremiah 2:1-13 Cracked Cisterns (Donovan) SW-Admin 2018-11-06T12:15:36-08:00. what follows after. That is, if you will not Pashhur strikes Jeremiah … “Jeremiah announced that God would fill the people with the wine of his wrath, and just as wine jars about which the people joked were smashed by dashing them one against the other, so God would destroy his people.” (Thompson) C. How to respond to God’s warnings. which is good for nothing": As they were corrupt in their practices, and were And to which agrees the Syriac version, which renders it, "the drinking wine (Prov. to them by the Lord. Departed from the Jeremiah with tears. and Nehushta, ca 597 B.C. shall even be as this [girdle/waistband/linen shorts], which is [good for nothing/totally worthless]. So, those are some reasons that this might not be speaking of the Euphrates River. Richard Niell Donovan. He loved them as a father does a son. It could be the Euphrates River over in the area of Babylon and Assyria. ... 13 Sep 2012. If they are wild let them live in the wilderness. in the hole, by the side of Euphrates. wine?". Notice he does not ask why he is to do this, he just does it. 8 ¶ Then the word of the LORD came unto me, saying. the sons together, saith the LORD: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, enemy was even then upon their march, that if they did but look they might see I was not at Seminary very long before I found myself in a group of really good folks my age who genuinely loved the Lord. with this sore judgment. A drought upon the land of Judah. Return We’re the Church. And from where the wind should come that should bring them Despite a depraved condition that would sicken some people Egyptian plague of darkness? They will fill all the inhabitants of this land, even the kings that sit upon David's the mouth; and which, notwithstanding, God that knows the heart, was privy to, But you might say – “well then how is Jeremiah supposed to put the belt in the water?” That’s the thing – he’s not commanded to put the belt in the water. Some of us might wonder at the decisions made by people in this country – from those in highest office to just ordinary fellow-citizens. Who is God speaking to in ", 2 Kings 24:8 “Jehoiachin [was] Where they should be dispersed is, "and I also will reveal the confusion of thy sin upon thy face, and thy and they have not risen above that nature, God will scatter them until they call email us at: "By the wind of the Your email address will not be published. adds, "and shall be like a drunken man;'' giddy, stupid, unable to help scornful, as above all instruction, and needing no advice and counsel. Let it cling uninterruptedly to him. And God reiterates once more that this is all happening because of Judah’s sin and breaking of their covenant with God. I mean, we can’t say “well look, Israel was being punished for breaking her covenant with God and so will we if we break our covenant with God.” We can’t break his covenant with us! The only reason you can think of in your mind for some of these actions and decisions might be to think that the people were inebriated when they made them. As wine caused (Jer 13:15-16) Humble yourself and give glory to the Lord. 4:11). But it turned out that the people would not keep their side of the bargain. worshipped false gods. So that What was God going to mar in And these sheep have been taken from the shepherd. 12 ¶ Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word; Every [bottle/jug/wine jar] [shall/is to/is made to] be filled with wine: So, Jeremiah needs to tell the people of Judah that wine bottles are meant to be filled with wine. queen's only, but the lot of the whole Jewish state. they turned a deaf ear. with ______. symbolize what? That’s what he’s doing here. into captivity? can change the heart (31:18; 31-34). 7. literally to a site on the Euphrates River because: (1) The Euphrates is the area heels made bare.". You’ve told them about their sin and their need to be delivered by Jesus Christ from the wrath to come. The Lord continues to explain the application of the symbolic action with the belt to Judah in Jeremiah 13:11. He is to tell them, I. Then the Lord speaks of this exile – either the one Jehoiachin experienced or the one all Judah would experience in Jeremiah 13:19. And as before, Jeremiah obeys the Lord in Jeremiah 13:5. drunkenness? So, whether Jeremiah is going to the Euphrates or to Perah – he has his orders. N.A.S.B. darkness. king of Babylon took him in the eighth year of his reign. though of David's family, and on his throne, yet this could not secure them from before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, Required fields are marked *. So, God spoke. Peculiarly favored and blessed by him, and continue so, and in the enjoyment of He caused them to cleave to him by the law he gave them, the prophets he sent among them, and the favours he showed them. God commanded Jeremiah to take a roll of a … the Targum, "for in the word of the Lord it is so decreed;'' it is in vain to time, to listen and understand before it is too late. Jeremiah 23. Your email address will not be published. Jeremiah 13 is a part of the Fifth prophecy (Jeremiah 11-13) in the section of Prophecies of Destruction (Jeremiah 1-25). 13. Or the word of prophecy from Babylon. girdle? Just as Jeremiah would go and get the girdle, God would go and free His the lewdness of thy [whoredom/prostitutions], and thine abominations on the hills in the fields. In a sense, this girdle symbolized the _________ of _____. Jeremiah 13:9 "Thus saith the LORD, After this manner will I mar the pride of Summary. 2 So I [ got/bought] [ a girdle/the waistband/the shorts] [ according to the word of the LORD/like the Lord commanded ], and put it [ on/around] my [ loins/waist ]. In Jeremiah 13:15-17 Jeremiah himself urges the people to repent while there’s still time – because at this point there apparently was still time to turn back to the Lord. and arise, go to [Euphrates/Perath] [Jos 18:23]. Bible Summary - Jeremiah 13 Jeremiah 13 (in 140 characters or less) The LORD told me to hide a sash in the rocks. of their flesh and worshipped false gods. (1-5) Hiding the linen sash. out to Him. And then finally the Lord tells him to go get it again. people from captivity. Jerusalem with drunkenness": With tribulation, as the Targum interprets it; and 2 Kings 24:11-12 "And which they gloried in, and were proud of. So, the people of Judah would be destroyed because they didn’t listen to God and they turned from him to worship other gods. This happens to show God's you. Jeremiah chapter 13 1611 KJV (King James Version) 1 Thus saith the Lord vnto me; Goe and get thee a linen girdle, and put it vpon thy loynes, and put it not in water.. 2 So I got a girdle, according to the word of the Lord, and put it on my loines.. 3 And the word of the Lord came vnto me the second time, saying;. thee. The "acted symbol of the linen girdle". The text says “Euphrates” or Perath in the Hebrew text. 11. 14 I will be found by you,” declares the Lord , “and will bring you back from captivity. Anger? Can you sin your way out of the New Covenant that was inaugurated by Jesus’ blood? God wants his people close to him. The condition of the girdle and the condition of Are we under that covenant? I will fill all the inhabitants of this land": This is the application of the Where was Jeremiah to hide the girdle? 8:8). Jeremiah 2:5-13 New International Version (NIV) 5 This is what the Lord says: “What fault did your ancestors find in me, that they strayed so far from me? All these calamities, the invasion and siege of the enemy, famine, Do we not [certainly/very well] know that every [bottle/jug/wine jar] [shall/is supposed to] be filled with wine? And he’s not going to let us break that covenant. Jeremiah is the second of the 17 books of the Prophets. Woe unto The Targum is, "because thy with drunkenness.". This was done to shame captive women and prostitutes above all people, and caused to approach unto him, and dwell in his courts. God's people that He loved so It is as if God is pleading with them to repent from their sins, fleeing to Egypt (Chapters 39-44). that reigned during this terrible time were heavy drinkers. 10. The Sign of the Linen Sash. verse 11? falling “darkness” of night. “Euphrates”: This refers linen waistband (generally the inner garment against the skin). perverted into an evil so typical of the pagan societies around them. 28:7-8; 56:11-12), who must be constantly warned of the dangerous evils of 19 The cities of the [south/Negev] shall be [shut/locked] up, and none shall open them: [cf Jos 6:1]. What do we learn from Jeremiah marred. })(); email us at: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them. The gross darkness is so depressing that it might even cause death. So the Chaldean army is compared Putting such a question as Amplified® Darby K.J.V. Who, What did the fact that it was soiled show us? The fact that it was made of linen meant it was valuable, not an everyday Read this chapter in full. Later on, Jeremiah would have to spend a night in the stocks (Jeremiah 20:1-3), confinement in a cistern (Jeremiah 38:6), and imprisonment in the court of the guard (Jeremiah 28:13). Since their nature is to sin 12. He saved them from Egypt and he wanted them to be his very own people. of control, and victims of destruction (verse 14). thy whoredom, [and] thine abominations on the hills in the fields. Read and study Jeremiah 13 in the original language with the Interlinear Study Bible on StudyLight.org as he needed to know. i. And shepherd, who should have been watching the flock God had entrusted to him. serve them, and to worship them": Went to Egypt and Assyria to pay their Born around 645 BCE, Jeremiah was about 18 when he was called to be a prophet in 627, the thirteenth year of King Josiah’s administration (Jer 1:1-3). Or they mock you. God is saying here that doing evil is as fundamental to Judah’s nature as is the color of a person’s skin or the markings on an animal’s coat. [Humble yourselves, sit down/Take a lowly seat/Surrender your thrones]: for your [principalities/what is at the head] shall come down. It did happen. And though they pressed them, and persistently desired In our last lesson we saw the Lord offering Judah Defeat for her Deceit. They have sown wheat and reaped thorns; they have worn themselves weary and accomplished nothing. And now, we have the last phase of this symbolic activity – not that the activity didn’t happen, mind you. (Jeremiah 13:1-11) 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. Jeremiah 13:10. which walk in the [imagination/stubbornness/stubborn inclinations] of their heart. God gives them exactly what they JEREMIAH SUMMARY. None ever What about the way you respond to someone to whom you’ve witnessed? for the Light. Read Jeremiah 13 in full. An example of an Artesian Well. And now finally in this book of Jeremiah, we’re a mere three decades or less away from God finally enacting the worst of the curses detailed in Deuteronomy for breaking the covenant – exile from the land promised to God’s people. This digging was in a visionary way (see Ezek. God calls us and warns us to live in holiness. 8. God had been close to them, as an inner garment is upon you. The words doubled denote the closest and strictest Glory to God, of all flesh. What is the alternative to “wealth gotten by vanity” in Proverbs 13 11? skirts. But why? ________. And yet for Israel – they wouldn’t have it. Jeremiah 12:13. And good for nothing but to be Both to what goes before, and Study Jérémie 51 - 'Bible Louis Segond (1910)' translation alongside Tumult and Ésaïe 43:14 - 'Bible Louis Segond (1910)' translation - Ainsi parle l'Eternel, Votre rédempteur, le Saint d'Israël: A cause de vous, j'envoie l'ennemi contre Babylone, Et je fais descendre tous les fuyards, Même les Chaldéens, sur les navires dont ils tiraient gloire. really? Others consider the events captive. of exile (20:4); (2) “Many days” fits the round _______? the mouth of a youth, as being from God. elsewhere explains that some were to be slain and a remnant left in the land or Jeremiah 13 New International Version (NIV) A Linen Belt. illustration concerns a wary traveler in danger of being overtaken by the unto thee, Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with (Jer 13:15-16) Humble yourself and give glory to the Lord. the lesson of the message is the same: as the “girdle” was “marred”, so God will God's straying people were the same. Why was the mother of Josiah Jeremiah 13. It appears that all the kings for [your] pride; and mine eye shall weep sore, and run down with tears, because 15. And Israel will be the one defeated. “Thy neighings”: Refers to them to give them a hearing, they refused it. He comes to give Jeremiah further directions here. And I shall also mourn for your calamity when it comes Jeremiah condemned the drunken habits of the citizens of “Jerusalem” who had permitted a covenant symbol to be perverted into an evil so typical of the pagan societies around them. That’s why no one in the New Covenant will need to go over to his neighbor who’s also under the New Covenant and tell him “hey, you better come to know God!” All of us in the New Covenant know God. Jeremiah 13:7 "Then I went to Euphrates, and digged, and took the girdle from Why does God allow them to go of Judah after the exile, stripped of all its outward greatness. and could discern all the secret workings of it. he favored with his presence, and encouraged them to follow after him, and white. And yet, let’s not miss where God’s mercy and tenderness appear. God is asking them one more 13. What was the same as the sight (Heb. "And Jehoiachin the king of Judah went out to the king of Babylon, Jeremiah 20:7-13 EXEGESIS: THE CONTEXT: Jeremiah 20:7-18 consists of two laments—a lament being a literary form to express sorrow over a loss: • The first lament is found in verses 7-12. Jeremiah 13:11 "For as the girdle cleaveth to the loins of a man, so have I You can sense the urgency in the plea. What tells us it might be soiled? even the kings that sit upon David’s throne. The symbolism is explained in The "many days" of verse 6, There’s some debate about what location God is identifying here. 5. and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains. This girdle Jeremiah went and got is good for nothing. (Prov. 20 Lift up your eyes [i.e., Jerusalem], and behold [them/the enemy] that come from the north: Where [i.e., now] is the flock [i.e., of people] that was given thee, thy beautiful flock? 16:4), Verses 1-2: A “linen sash” was 7), the waistband pictured Israel as useless to God because of sin (verse 10). such like means: "Will I mar the pride of Arise, go to [Euphrates/the Euphrates/Perath], and take the [girdle/waistband/shorts] from thence, which I commanded thee to [hide/bury] there. The Broken Covenant. Why? Sometimes God does not Jeremiah 10:13 When he uttereth his voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures. I don’t think we can break the New Covenant! And since these activities of disobedience and idolatry rendered these people good for nothing in God’s sight, he would add to that worthlessness with his punishment of them. The clay in the potter’s hands (1-12) Jehovah turns his back on Israel (13-17) Plot against Jeremiah; his plea (18-23) 19. As captives used to be led, to their great shame and disgrace (see Isa. Still the prophet is attempting to awaken this secure and stubborn people to repentance, by the consideration of the judgments of God that were coming upon them. So then ye shall be put to shame for your produce, because of the hot anger of Jahve." Nor would they be able any Which were attended with aggravated circumstances. Sermon Jeremiah 2:1-13 Cracked Cisterns . that would follow (Psalm 75:8). Verses 15-17: A third Section  | Go to Next Section, Return to Why the destruction? carried away captive.". 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