Jer. 13:171| weep
| See note 11 in ch. 9.
Jer. 13:171a| weep| Jer. 9:1;| 14:17;| Lam. 1:2, 16
| See note 171.
Jer. 13:17b| flock| Ezek. 34:31
Jer. 13:20a| north| Jer. 6:22
Jer. 13:21a| pains| Jer. 6:24;| 1|Thes. 5:3
Jer. 13:21b| woman| Jer. 4:31
Jer. 13:231| Cushite
| I.e., Ethiopian. Having forsaken God as the source, the fountain of living waters (2:13), Israel became evil, having a heart that was deceitful above all things and incurable (17:9) and having an unchangeable sinful nature, like the Cushite’s skin and the leopard’s spots, which cannot be changed. This exposes the true condition of fallen man.
Jer. 13:23a| accustomed| cf. Jer. 17:9;| Rom. 7:24