George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 13:18
Queen; Nohesta, mother of Joachim, or to the consort of Sedecias. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "to the princes." (Haydock)
Queen; Nohesta, mother of Joachim, or to the consort of Sedecias. (Calmet) --- Septuagint, "to the princes." (Haydock)
Verse Jeremiah 13:18. _SAY UNTO THE KING AND TO THE QUEEN_] Probably Jeconiah and his mother, under whose tutelage, being young when he began to reign, he was left, as is very likely. _SIT DOWN_] Sho...
THE QUEEN - i. e., “the queen-mother:” the word signifies literally “the great lady.” The king’s mother took precedence of his wives. SIT DOWN - The usual position of slaves. FOR YOUR PRINCIPALITIES...
CHAPTER 13 Signs, Warnings, and Exhortations _ 1. The linen girdle and the filled bottles (Jeremiah 13:1) _ 2. Hear and give glory (Jeremiah 13:15) 3. The justice of the judgment (Jeremi
JEREMIAH 13:18 F. A DIRGE ON THE DOOM OF JEHOIACHIN AND HIS MOTHER (Nehushta, 2 Kings 24:8; 2 Kings 24:15), _c._ 597. Jerem
THE KING AND TO THE QUEEN. This was Jehoiachin, and the queen-mother. See 2 Kings 24:12; 2 Kings 24:15. Jehoiachin was only eighteen, so that the queen-dowager would hold. position of some influence ...
_your headtires_ The word in MT. means _the place of the head_(and so the same consonants with rather different vocalisation in Genesis 28:11; 1 Samuel 19:16; 1 Samuel 26:7). We should therefore by a...
Address to the king and the queen-mother The highest shall be brought low, and the land with its cities emptied by universal captivity. Graf and Du. make the king to be Jehoiakim and thus the queen-...
SAY UNTO THE KING, AND TO THE QUEEN— That is, to Joachin and his mother, who were carried captives into Babylon at the first coming of Nebuchadnezzar. See 2 Kings 24:15. Others suppose that Zedekiah a...
D. WARNING: Pride Leads to Dishonor Jeremiah 13:18-19 TRANSLATION (18) Say to the king and the queen-mother, Sit down in abasement for your headdress, your glorious crown has come down. (19) The cit...
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, even the crown of your glory. KING - Jehoiachin or Jeconiah. QUEEN - the queen-mother, wh...
13:18 queen. (c-8) i.e. 'the queen-mother;' lit. 'mistress.' see 1 Kings 15:13 ....
JEREMIAH'S SEVENTH PROPHECY (REIGN OF JEHOIACHIN). THE LINEN GIRDLE The date of this prophecy is shown pretty clearly by the word 'queen' (Jeremiah 13:18), which means queen-mother, namely, Nehushta,...
See note at head of chapter The kings practised polygamy; hence the high position taken by the queen-mother: cp. 1 Kings 15:13; 2 Kings 10:13. PRINCIPALITIES] RV 'headtires,' diadems....
THE QUEEN. — Not the usual word, the Hebrew feminine of king, but literally “the great lady” (“_dominatrix_” Vulg.), the title of a queen-mother (in this case, probably, of Nehushta, the mother of Jeh...
אֱמֹ֥ר לַ † מֶּ֛לֶךְ וְ לַ † ג
CHAPTER VIII THE FALL OF PRIDE Jeremiah 13:1 THIS discourse is a sort of appendix to the preceding; as is indicated by its abrupt and brief beginning with the words "Thus said Iahvah unto me," witho...
The account of this time of communion between Jeremiah and Jehovah ends with the story of how Jehovah gave him two signs, one for himself and one for the people. That for himself was the sign of the g...
Say to the (g) king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory. (g) For Jehoiachin and his mother rendered themselves by Je...
I interrupt not the reading of those verses, because they are connected. They contain the solemn expostulation of the Lord, in the view of their sins. They point out also the utter impossibility of th...
The Prophet is here bidden to address his discourse directly to King Jehoiakim and his mother; for the term lady is not to be taken for the queen, the wife of Jehoiakim, but for his mother, who was th...
Chapter 13, bringing to mind how God had bound Israel to His heart, announces the terrible judgment with which the people shall, as it were, be drunken; and, on the ground of this judgment, calls them...
SAY UNTO THE KING, AND TO THE QUEEN,.... Jehoiachin, and his mother Nehushta, as it is generally interpreted by the Jewish commentators, and others; who, with many princes and officers, were carried c...
Say unto the king and to the queen, Humble yourselves, sit down: for your principalities shall come down, [even] the crown of your glory. Ver. 18. _Say to the king and to the queen._] Or Madam, the l...
_Say unto the king and queen_ That is, to _Jehoiachin_, called also _Coniah_, and his mother, who were carried captives to Babylon at the first coming of Nebuchadnezzar; see Jeremiah 22:26; 2 Kings 24...
AN EXHORTATION WITH REGARD TO THE IMPENDING DESTRUCTION...
Say unto the king and to the queen, in a prophecy foretelling the fall of the kingdom. HUMBLE YOURSELVES, SIT DOWN, taking a very low and humble seat instead of occupying a proud throne; FOR YOUR PRIN...
PRINCIPALITIES: Or, head tires...
18-27 Here is a message sent to king Jehoiakim, and his queen. Their sorrows would be great indeed. Do they ask, Wherefore come these things upon us? Let them know, it is for their obstinacy in sin....
The author of holy writ is discernible by this as by other things, that the Scripture equally speaks to the greatest persons as to persons of meaner rank. God here calls to the king of Judah, whether...
Jeremiah 13:18 Say H559 (H8798) king H4428 queen H1377 Humble H8213 (H8685) down H3427 (H8798) rule...
A FINAL APPEAL FOR REPENTANCE BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE, FOR IF THEY DO FAIL TO RESPOND THEIR FINAL JUDGMENT WILL COME UPON THEM (JEREMIAH 13:15). The people are called on to look to YHWH while there is s...
CONTENTS: Sign of the linen girdle and sign of the bottles filled with wine. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah. CONCLUSION: Those who persist in sin, ignoring God's Word, make themselves vessels of wrath fi...
Jeremiah 13:1. _Get thee a linen girdle,_ or “buy thee,” as the Chaldaic reads; which this priest and prophet wore unwashed till it became offensive, and began to excite attention and talk. The priest...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. The reference in Jeremiah 13:18 to the “queen” is regarded as determining the date of this chapter. Ewald, Hitzig, Umbreit, Dahler, Hend.,...
EXPOSITION The chapter falls into two parts—the one describing a divinely commanded action of the prophet, symbolical of the approaching rejection of the Jewish people, the other announcing in literal...
Thus saith the LORD unto me, Go down and buy a linen girdle, and put it on, but don't wash it. So I got a girdle according to the word of the LORD, and I put it on. And the word of the LORD came unto...
1 Peter 5:6; 2 Chronicles 33:12; 2 Chronicles 33:19; 2 Chronicles 33:23;...