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Jeremiah 13:21 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 13 · verse 21
What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?Jeremiah 13:21 · King James Version
Jeremiah 13:21 in context
19The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none shall open them: Judah shall be carried away captive all of it, it shall be wholly carried away captive.
20Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?
21What wilt thou say when he shall punish thee? for thou hast taught them to be captains, and as chief over thee: shall not sorrows take thee, as a woman in travail?
22And 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.
23Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots? then may ye also do good, that are accustomed to do evil.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- captainsʼallûwphfamiliarH441 →
- sorrowschebela rope , especially a measuring lineH2256 →
- punishpâqadto visitH6485 →
- taughtlâmadproperly, to goadH3925 →
- chiefrôʼshthe head , whether literal or figurativeH7218 →
- womanʼishshâha womanH802 →
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Here is, I. A judgment threatened against this people that would quite intoxicate them. This doom is pronounced against them in a figure, to make it the more taken notice of and the more affecting (Jer 13:12): Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, every bottle shall be filled with wine;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-21