Jeremiah 13:14

14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,' saith the LORD. `I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but shall destroy them.'"

Jeremiah 13:14 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 13:14

And I will dash them one against another
As drunken men fall foul on one another, and quarrel and fight; or in allusion to bottles and earthen vessels they are before compared to; and may denote the internal broils and contentions among themselves, that instead of assisting each other in their distress, they would be destroying one another; which was notorious in the last siege of Jerusalem: even the fathers and the sons together, saith the Lord;
no relation, nor even age nor sex, being regarded: I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but destroy them:
the Lord's hand was in all this; everything was by his permission, and according to his will; he would not prevent the enemy's invading, besieging, and taking them, nor hinder themselves from destroying one another; but suffer a general calamity to come upon them, without showing the least mercy to them, so great were their sins, and such the provocation.

Jeremiah 13:14 In-Context

12 "Therefore thou shalt speak unto them this word: `Thus saith the LORD God of Israel: Every bottle shall be filled with wine.' And they shall say unto thee, `Do we not certainly know that every bottle shall be filled with wine?'

13 Then shalt thou say unto them, `Thus saith the LORD: Behold, I will fill all the inhabitants of this land -- even the kings that sit upon David's throne, and the priests, and the prophets, and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem -- with drunkenness.

14 And I will dash them one against another, even the fathers and the sons together,' saith the LORD. `I will not pity, nor spare, nor have mercy, but shall destroy them.'"

15 Hear ye, and give ear; be not proud, for the LORD hath spoken.

16 Give glory to the LORD your God before He cause darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while ye look for light, He turn it into the shadow of death, and make it gross darkness.