Jeremiah 6:13-23

13 “From the least to the greatest, all are greedy for gain; prophets and priests alike, all practice deceit.

14 They dress the wound of my people as though it were not serious. ‘Peace, peace,’ they say, when there is no peace.

15 Are they ashamed of their detestable conduct? No, they have no shame at all; they do not even know how to blush. So they will fall among the fallen; they will be brought down when I punish them,” says the LORD.

16 This is what the LORD says: “Stand at the crossroads and look; ask for the ancient paths, ask where the good way is, and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But you said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

17 I appointed watchmen over you and said, ‘Listen to the sound of the trumpet!’ But you said, ‘We will not listen.’

18 Therefore hear, you nations; you who are witnesses, observe what will happen to them.

19 Hear, you earth: I am bringing disaster on this people, the fruit of their schemes, because they have not listened to my words and have rejected my law.

20 What do I care about incense from Sheba or sweet calamus from a distant land? Your burnt offerings are not acceptable; your sacrifices do not please me.”

21 Therefore this is what the LORD says: “I will put obstacles before this people. Parents and children alike will stumble over them; neighbors and friends will perish.”

22 This is what the LORD says: “Look, an army is coming from the land of the north; a great nation is being stirred up from the ends of the earth.

23 They are armed with bow and spear; they are cruel and show no mercy. They sound like the roaring sea as they ride on their horses; they come like men in battle formation to attack you, Daughter Zion.”

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Jeremiah 6:13-23 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 6

This chapter is of the same argument with the former; and contains two things in it, the destruction of Jerusalem by the Babylonians, and the causes of it, which are intermixedly handled in it; a lively description is made of the notice of the approach of the enemy by blowing of trumpets and firing of beacons, Jer 6:1, and of the siege of the city, by pitching tents around it, casting up a mount against it, and scaling its walls at noon and by night, Jer 6:2-6, and this destruction is illustrated by the simile of gleaning of grapes, Jer 6:9, and amplified by the universality of it, with respect to persons and things; it reaching to persons of every age, and in every state, as old men, young men, and children, husbands and wives, and to all sorts of possessions, houses and fields, Jer 6:11,12,21, a description is given of the instruments of it, the Chaldeans, Jer 6:22,23 and it is aggravated by the anxiety, distress, and sorrow, the Jews would be in on account of it, Jer 6:24-26, the causes of it are in general the great aboundings of sin and wickedness in the midst of them, illustrated by a fountain casting out its waters, Jer 6:6,7, in particular, their neglect and contempt of the word of the Lord, Jer 6:10, the sin of covetousness, which prevailed among all sorts of people, high and low, in civil or religious life, Jer 6:13, the unfaithfulness of the prophets to the people, declaring peace, when there was none, Jer 6:14, their impenitence and hardness, Jer 6:15, their disregard to all instructions and warnings, Jer 6:16,17, their rejection of the law, and the precepts of it, Jer 6:18,19, their hypocritical sacrifices, Jer 6:20, and the chapter is concluded with an address to the prophet, setting forth his character and office, and the end of it, Jer 6:27 and his testimony concerning the people, showing their obstinacy and stubbornness, illustrated by a simile of refining metal in a furnace without success, Jer 6:28-30.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 29

1. S Jeremiah 2:29
2. S Isaiah 56:11
3. Lamentations 4:13; Jeremiah 8:10
4. S Isaiah 30:10; S Jeremiah 4:10; Jeremiah 8:11; Ezekiel 13:10
5. Jeremiah 3:3; Jeremiah 8:10-12; Micah 3:7; Zechariah 13:4
6. 2 Chronicles 25:16; Jeremiah 27:15
7. Jeremiah 18:15
8. S 1 Kings 8:36; S Psalms 119:3
9. S Joshua 1:13; S Isaiah 11:10; Matthew 11:29
10. S Isaiah 52:8; Ezekiel 3:17
11. S Exodus 20:18
12. Jeremiah 11:7-8; Jeremiah 25:4; Ezekiel 33:4; Zechariah 1:4
13. S Deuteronomy 4:26; Isaiah 1:2; Jeremiah 22:29; Micah 1:2
14. S Joshua 23:15; Jeremiah 11:11; Jeremiah 19:3
15. Proverbs 1:31
16. Jeremiah 29:19
17. Jeremiah 8:9; Ezekiel 20:13; Amos 2:4
18. S Genesis 10:7
19. S Exodus 30:23
20. Amos 5:22; Malachi 1:9
21. Psalms 50:8-10; Jeremiah 7:21; Micah 6:7-8
22. S Isaiah 1:11; Jeremiah 14:12; Hosea 8:13; Hosea 9:4
23. S Leviticus 26:37; S Isaiah 8:14
24. S Jeremiah 4:6; Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 10:22
25. S Deuteronomy 28:49
26. S Isaiah 13:18
27. S Psalms 18:4; S Psalms 93:3
28. S Jeremiah 4:29
29. S Isaiah 10:32