The
call to repentance because of coming judgment: the
prophet's grief
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 to repentance. He relates their hopeless evil,
and the unfeigned grief of the prophet at their
obstinacy. Compare Luke 19: 41. This zeal for Jehovah's
glory against the evil and the people who dishonoured
Him, and touching affection to them as Jehovah's people,
is everywhere a striking mark of the working of the
Spirit of Christ. Compare Moses (Exodus 32:27, 28, 31,
and sequel); so Paul (Rom. 9; 1 Thess. 2:15, 16): only
here, under grace, there is no call for judgment; so even
Christ Himself (compare Matt. 23:31-37).
Jeremiah 13 Bible Commentary
John Darby’s Synopsis
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 to repentance. He relates their hopeless evil, and the unfeigned grief of the prophet at their obstinacy. Compare Luke 19: 41. This zeal for Jehovah's glory against the evil and the people who dishonoured Him, and touching affection to them as Jehovah's people, is everywhere a striking mark of the working of the Spirit of Christ. Compare Moses (Exodus 32:27, 28, 31, and sequel); so Paul (Rom. 9; 1 Thess. 2:15, 16): only here, under grace, there is no call for judgment; so even Christ Himself (compare Matt. 23:31-37).