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Jeremiah 19
15 verses with commentary
The Broken Jar
Thus saith the LORD, Go and get a potter's earthen bottle, and take of the ancients of the people, and of the ancients of the priests;
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The earthen bottle (Hebrew 'baqbuq') symbolizes Judah's fragility and impending judgment. Unlike the potter's vessel in chapter 18 that could be reshaped, this baked clay bottle can only be shattered - representing judgment beyond repentance. The public nature of this prophecy (elders and priests as witnesses) emphasizes God's justice in giving clear warning before executing judgment.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
XIX.
(1) **And get a potter’s earthen bottle.**—The word for “get*” *involves *buying *as the process. The similitude—one might better call it, the parable dramatised—represents the darker side of the imagery of Jeremiah 18:3-4. There the vessel was still on the potter’s wheel, capable of being re-shaped. Now we have the vessel which has been baked and hardened. No change is possible. If it is unf...
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**19. land of thy destruction--**thy land once the scene of destruction.
**too narrow--**(Is 54:1, 2; Zec 10:10).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 19
By the type of breaking an earthen vessel, Jeremiah is to predict the destruction of Judah.
**Verses 1-9** The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing...
Read full commentary →And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee, the east: Heb. the sun gate
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God commands another symbolic act: "And go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the east gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee." The Valley of Hinnom (Hebrew <em>Gei Ben-Hinnom</em>, גֵּי בֶן־הִנֹּם) had become synonymous with abomination—the site where Judah sacrificed children to Molech. This location's choice is strategic, confronting sin at i...
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(2) **Unto the valley of the son of Hinnom.**—The site was chosen as having been the scene of the most hateful form of idolatry to which the people had addicted themselves, perhaps also as connected locally with the potter’s field. (See Note on Jeremiah 7:31; and Matthew 27:7.)
**By the entry of the east gate.**—The Hebrew word is obscure. The Authorised Version adopts a doubtful etymology, connec...
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**20. children ... after ... other--**rather, "the children of thy widowhood," that is, the children of whom thou hast been bereft during their dispersion in other lands (see on Is 47:8) [Maurer].
**again--**rather, "yet."
**give place--**rather, "stand close to me," namely, in order that we may be the more able to dwell in in the narrow place [Horsley]. Compare as to Israel's spiritual childr...
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Chapter 19
By the type of breaking an earthen vessel, Jeremiah is to predict the destruction of Judah.
**Verses 1-9** The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing...
Read full commentary →And say, Hear ye the word of the LORD, O kings of Judah, and inhabitants of Jerusalem; Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring evil upon this place, the which whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle.
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God addresses 'kings of Judah' (plural) and 'inhabitants of Jerusalem,' showing the judgment's comprehensive scope. The phrase 'whosoever heareth, his ears shall tingle' indicates shocking, unprecedented judgment. Similar language appears regarding Eli's house (1 Sam 3:11) and Jerusalem's destruction (2 Kings 21:12). When God's patience exhausts, judgment becomes a cautionary tale.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(3) **O kings of Judah.**—The plural seems used to include both the reigning king, Jehoiakim, and his heir-apparent or presumptive.
**His ears shall tingle.**—The phrase, occurring as it does in 1Samuel 3:11, in the prophecy of the doom of the earlier sanctuary, seems intentionally used to remind those who heard it of the fate that had fallen on Shiloh. The destruction of the first sanctuary of Is...
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**21. Who, &c.--**Zion's joyful wonder at the unexpected restoration of the ten tribes. Secondarily, the accession of spiritual Israelites to the mother church of Jerusalem from the Gentiles is meant. This created surprise at first (Ac 10:45; 14:27; 15:3, 4).
**lost ... am desolate, a captive, and removing to and fro--**rather, "bereaved of ... have been barren, an exile and outcast" [Horsle...
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Chapter 19
By the type of breaking an earthen vessel, Jeremiah is to predict the destruction of Judah.
**Verses 1-9** The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing...
Read full commentary →Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place, and have burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither they nor their fathers have known, nor the kings of Judah, and have filled this place with the blood of innocents;
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The indictment specifies Judah's sin: "Because they have forsaken me, and have estranged this place." "Forsaken" (<em>azav</em>, עָזַב) means abandoned, left behind—covenant breach. "Estranged" (<em>nakhar</em>, נָכַר) means treated as foreign, profaned what should be holy. They've transformed God's city into alien territory through idolatry: "burned incense in it unto other gods, whom neither the...
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(4) **Have estranged this place.**—*i.e., *have alienated it from Jehovah its true Lord, and given it to a strange god. The words refer specially to the guilt of Manasseh (2Chronicles 33:4).
**The blood of innocents.**—The words seem at first to refer to the Molech sacrifices, which had made the valley of Hinnom infamous. These, however, are mentioned separately in the next verse, and the prophet ...
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**22. lift ... hand--**that is, beckon to (see on Is 13:2).
**standard--**(Is 11:12).
**bring ... sons in ... arms--**The Gentiles shall aid in restoring Israel to its own land (Is 60:4; 66:20). Children able to support themselves are carried on the shoulders in the East; but infants, in the arms, or astride on one haunch (Is 60:12). "Thy sons" must be distinct from "the Gentiles," who carry t...
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Chapter 19
By the type of breaking an earthen vessel, Jeremiah is to predict the destruction of Judah.
**Verses 1-9** The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing...
Read full commentary →They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal, which I commanded not, nor spake it, neither came it into my mind:
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The specific horror: "They have built also the high places of Baal, to burn their sons with fire for burnt offerings unto Baal." Building high places (<em>bamot</em>, בָּמוֹת) for Baal worship directly violated the first commandment. Burning children alive as burnt offerings represents the most extreme perversion—using worship language and forms to commit abomination. They called murder "offerings...
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(5) **The high places of Baal.**—Baal, as in Jeremiah 2:23, is identified with Molech, and the terms in which the guilt of the people and its punishment are described are all but identical with those of Jeremiah 7:31-32. The fact that such sacrifices were offered is indicated in Psalm 106:37-38.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**23. lick ... dust--**that is, kiss thy feet in token of humble submission.
**for they ... not ... ashamed ... wait for me--**The restoration of Israel shall be in answer to their prayerful waiting on the Lord (Is 30:18, 19; Psa 102:16, 17; Zec 12:10; 14:3).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 19
By the type of breaking an earthen vessel, Jeremiah is to predict the destruction of Judah.
**Verses 1-9** The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing...
Read full commentary →Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter.
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God announces poetic judgment: "Therefore, behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor The valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter." Tophet (תֹּפֶת) was the specific site in Hinnom's valley where child sacrifice occurred. God will rename it based on coming judgment—from a place of false worship to a place of divine wrath's execution.<...
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(6) **Tophet.**—See Notes on Jeremiah 7:31-32.
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**24. the prey--**Israel, long a prey to mighty Gentile nations, whose oppression of her shall reach its highest point under Antichrist (Da 11:36, 37, 41, 45).
**lawful captive--**the Jews justly consigned for their sins (Is 50:1) as captives to the foe. Secondarily, Satan and Death are "the mighty" conquerors of man, upon whom his sin give them their "lawful" claim. Christ answers that claim fo...
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Chapter 19
By the type of breaking an earthen vessel, Jeremiah is to predict the destruction of Judah.
**Verses 1-9** The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing...
Read full commentary →And I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place; and I will cause them to fall by the sword before their enemies, and by the hands of them that seek their lives: and their carcases will I give to be meat for the fowls of the heaven, and for the beasts of the earth.
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The judgment's specifics: "I will make void the counsel of Judah and Jerusalem in this place." To "make void" (<em>baqaqti</em>, בַּקֹּתִי, pour out/empty) their counsel means render their plans ineffective and their wisdom useless. Despite strategic planning, political maneuvering, and military preparation, Judah will fail because God opposes them. "I will cause them to fall by the sword before t...
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(7) **I will make void.**—The Hebrew verb (*bakak*) is onomatopoetic, as representing the gurgling sound of water flowing from the mouth of a jar, and contains, as stated in the note on Jeremiah 19:1, the root of the word rendered “bottle,” and was obviously chosen with an allusive reference to it. Such a play upon the sound and sense of words is quite in accordance with the genius of Hebrew proph...
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25. (Is 53:12; Psa 68:18; Col 2:15).
**contend with him, &c.--**(Is 54:17).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
Chapter 19
By the type of breaking an earthen vessel, Jeremiah is to predict the destruction of Judah.
**Verses 1-9** The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing...
Read full commentary →And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing; every one that passeth thereby shall be astonished and hiss because of all the plagues thereof.
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Continuing the judgment prophecy: "And I will make this city desolate, and an hissing." Desolation (<em>shammah</em>, שַׁמָּה) describes uninhabited ruins, formerly thriving places now abandoned. "An hissing" (<em>shreqah</em>, שְׁרֵקָה) represents mockery and astonishment—passersby will whistle in amazement or derision at Jerusalem's fallen state. "Every one that passeth thereby shall be astonish...
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(8) **Desolate, and an hissing.**—See Jeremiah 18:16.
**Because of all the plagues thereof.**—The word is used in its wider, and yet stricter, sense as including all the *blows *or *smitings *(as in Isaiah 14:6) that are thought of as coming from the hand of God.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**26. feed ... own flesh--**a phrase for internal strifes (Is 9:20).
**own blood--**a just retribution for their having shed the blood of God's servants (Re 16:6).
**sweet wine--**that is, must, or new wine, the pure juice which flows from the heap of grapes before they are pressed; the ancients could preserve it for a long time, so as to retain its flavor. It was so mild that it required a la...
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Chapter 19
By the type of breaking an earthen vessel, Jeremiah is to predict the destruction of Judah.
**Verses 1-9** The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing...
Read full commentary →And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.
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The most horrific judgment: "And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them." This describes siege-induced cannibalism—starvation so severe that covenant curses are literally fulfilled (Lev 26:29, Deut...
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(9) **I will cause them to eat . . .**—Once again an echo, almost a quotation, from Deuteronomy (Deuteronomy 28:53). The woes of that memorable chapter had obviously furnished the prophet both with imagery and language. In Lamentations 2:20; Lamentations 4:10 we find proof of the fulfilment of the prediction. Thus, by the dread law of retribution, were the people to pay the penalty of their sin in...
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Chapter 19
By the type of breaking an earthen vessel, Jeremiah is to predict the destruction of Judah.
**Verses 1-9** The prophet must give notice of ruin coming upon Judah and Jerusalem. Both rulers and ruled must attend to it. That place which holiness made the joy of the whole earth, sin made the reproach and shame of the whole earth. There is no fleeing from God's justice, but by fleeing...
Read full commentary →Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee,
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After delivering the verbal prophecy, Jeremiah performs a symbolic act: "Then shalt thou break the bottle in the sight of the men that go with thee." The Hebrew <em>baqbuq</em> (בַּקְבֻּק, bottle/jar) was likely an earthenware flask used for storing liquids. Breaking it publicly creates a memorable visual illustration. The potter's vessel from chapter 18, which could be remolded while clay remaine...
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(10) **Then shalt thou break the bottle . . .**—Those who heard the prophet and saw his act were not unfamiliar with the imagery. The words of Psalm 2:9 had portrayed the Messianic king as ruling over the nations, even as “breaking them in pieces like a potter’s vessel.” But it was a new and strange thing to hear these words applied to themselves, to see their own nation treated, not as the potter...
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CHAPTER 50 Is 50:1-11. The Judgments on Israel Were Provoked by Their Crimes, yet They Are Not Finally Cast Off by God.
**1. Where ... mothers divorcement--**Zion is "the mother"; the Jews are the children; and God the Husband and Father (Is 54:5; 62:5; Jr 3:14). Gesenius thinks that God means by the question to deny that He had given "a bill of divorcement" to her, as was often done on slight pr...
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**Verses 10-15** The potter's vessel, after it is hardened, can never be pieced again when it is broken. And as the bottle was broken, so shall Judah and Jerusalem be broken by the Chaldeans. No human hand can repair it; but if they return to the Lord he will heal. As they filled Tophet with the slain sacrificed to their idols, so will God fill the whole city with the slain that shall fall as sacr...
Read full commentary →And shalt say unto them, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Even so will I break this people and this city, as one breaketh a potter's vessel, that cannot be made whole again: and they shall bury them in Tophet, till there be no place to bury. be made: Heb. be healed
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The shattering of the earthen vessel demonstrates the irreversibility of God's judgment when patience is exhausted. The phrase 'that cannot be made whole again' echoes throughout Scripture's warnings about the point of no return (Heb 6:4-6, 10:26-27). Yet God's sovereignty means even in judgment, His purposes advance - the broken vessel of the old covenant makes way for the new covenant in Christ'...
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**2. I--**Messiah.
**no man--**willing to believe in and obey Me (Is 52:1, 3). The same Divine Person had "come" by His prophets in the Old Testament (appealing to them, but in vain, Jr 7:25, 26), who was about to come under the New Testament.
**hand shortened--**the Oriental emblem of weakness, as the long stretched-out hand is of power (Is 59:1). Notwithstanding your sins, I can still "redee...
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**Verses 10-15** The potter's vessel, after it is hardened, can never be pieced again when it is broken. And as the bottle was broken, so shall Judah and Jerusalem be broken by the Chaldeans. No human hand can repair it; but if they return to the Lord he will heal. As they filled Tophet with the slain sacrificed to their idols, so will God fill the whole city with the slain that shall fall as sacr...
Read full commentary →Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet:
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God explains the symbolic act: "Thus will I do unto this place, saith the LORD, and to the inhabitants thereof, and even make this city as Tophet." Just as the pottery jar was irreparably shattered, so Jerusalem will be irrecoverably broken. The comparison to Tophet is devastating—the city will become like the detested child-sacrifice site, associated with abomination and judgment. What was meant ...
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(12) **And even make this city as Tophet.**—This is an allusive reference partly to the state of the valley of Hinnom as a heap of ruins and rubbish, partly to the meaning of the name Tophet, as a place spat upon and scorned. (See Note on Jeremiah 7:31.)
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**3. heavens ... blackness--**another of the judgments on Egypt to be repeated hereafter on the last enemy of God's people (Ex 10:21).
**sackcloth--**(Re 6:12).
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary
**Verses 10-15** The potter's vessel, after it is hardened, can never be pieced again when it is broken. And as the bottle was broken, so shall Judah and Jerusalem be broken by the Chaldeans. No human hand can repair it; but if they return to the Lord he will heal. As they filled Tophet with the slain sacrificed to their idols, so will God fill the whole city with the slain that shall fall as sacr...
Read full commentary →And the houses of Jerusalem, and the houses of the kings of Judah, shall be defiled as the place of Tophet, because of all the houses upon whose roofs they have burned incense unto all the host of heaven, and have poured out drink offerings unto other gods.
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The houses of Jerusalem and the kings' palaces are 'defiled' because they burned incense to 'all the host of heaven' on their rooftops. Astral worship (worship of sun, moon, stars) violated the first commandment and the explicit warnings of Deuteronomy 4:19. Rooftop worship was public and flagrant. The defilement made these houses 'as the place of Tophet' - fit only for judgment.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(13) **Defiled as the place of Tophet.—**A difficulty affecting the construction, but not the sense, of the passage, makes the rendering *as the place of Tophet the defiled *preferable.**
Upon whose roofs they have burned incense.**—The flat roofs of Eastern houses were used, as for exercise (2Samuel 11:2) so also, as in Peter’s vision at Joppa (Acts 10:9), for prayer and meditation, and seem from...
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4. Messiah, as "the servant of Jehovah" (Is 42:1), declares that the office has been assigned to Him of encouraging the "weary" exiles of Israel by "words in season" suited to their case; and that, whatever suffering it is to cost Himself, He does not shrink from it (Is 50:5, 6), for that He knows His cause will triumph at last (Is 50:7, 8).
**learned--**not in mere human learning, but in divine...
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**Verses 10-15** The potter's vessel, after it is hardened, can never be pieced again when it is broken. And as the bottle was broken, so shall Judah and Jerusalem be broken by the Chaldeans. No human hand can repair it; but if they return to the Lord he will heal. As they filled Tophet with the slain sacrificed to their idols, so will God fill the whole city with the slain that shall fall as sacr...
Read full commentary →Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people,
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After delivering the prophecy at Tophet, Jeremiah returns to the temple: "Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people." The prophet moves from the site of abomination (Tophet) to the site of true worship (temple court), demonstrating contrast between false and true religion. His obedience to di...
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(14) **He stood in the court of the Lord’s house.**—The acted sermon had been preached in Tophet, in the valley of Ben-Hinnom, in the presence of a few chosen representatives of priests and people. It is followed by one addressed to the whole assembled congregation, announcing the same doom.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary
**5. opened ... ear--**(See on Is 42:20; Is 48:8); that is, hath made me obediently attentive (but Maurer, "hath informed me of my duty"), as a servant to his master (compare Psa 40:6-8, with Php 2:7; Is 42:1; 49:3, 6; 52:13; 53:11; Mt 20:28; Lu 22:27).
**not rebellious--**but, on the contrary, most willing to do the Father's will in proclaiming and procuring salvation for man, at the cost of Hi...
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**Verses 10-15** The potter's vessel, after it is hardened, can never be pieced again when it is broken. And as the bottle was broken, so shall Judah and Jerusalem be broken by the Chaldeans. No human hand can repair it; but if they return to the Lord he will heal. As they filled Tophet with the slain sacrificed to their idols, so will God fill the whole city with the slain that shall fall as sacr...
Read full commentary →Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon this city and upon all her towns all the evil that I have pronounced against it, because they have hardened their necks, that they might not hear my words.
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The reason for Jerusalem's judgment is stated clearly: they 'hardened their necks' and refused to hear God's words. The metaphor of a stiff-necked animal that won't submit to the yoke appears frequently in Scripture (Ex 32:9, Acts 7:51). Persistent resistance to God's word brings inevitable judgment. The tragedy is not God's harshness but Israel's obstinacy.
Ellicott’s Commentary for English Readers
(15) **Thus saith the Lord of hosts.**—The address to the people could hardly have been confined to the limits of a single verse, and it is probable, therefore, that we have here but the summary of a discourse, so like in substance to what had been given before that the prophet did not think it necessary to report it at length.
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**6. smiters--**with scourges and with the open hand (Is 52:14; Mr 14:65). Literally fulfilled (Mt 27:26; 26:27; Lu 18:33). To "pluck the hair" is the highest insult that can be offered an Oriental (2Sa 10:4; La 3:30). "I gave" implies the voluntary nature of His sufferings; His example corresponds to His precept (Mt 5:39).
**spitting--**To spit in another's presence is an insult in the East, mu...
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**Verses 10-15** The potter's vessel, after it is hardened, can never be pieced again when it is broken. And as the bottle was broken, so shall Judah and Jerusalem be broken by the Chaldeans. No human hand can repair it; but if they return to the Lord he will heal. As they filled Tophet with the slain sacrificed to their idols, so will God fill the whole city with the slain that shall fall as sacr...
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