Jeremiah 13:25
25. portion of thy measures—the portion which I have measured out to thee (Job 20:29; Ps 11:6).
falsehood— (Jer 13:27), false gods and alliances with foreign idolaters.Hosea 8:14
14. forgotten . . . Maker— (De 32:18).
temples—to idols. Judah . . . fenced cities—Judah, though less idolatrous than Israel, betrayed lack of faith in Jehovah by trusting more to its fenced cities than to Him; instead of making peace with God, Judah multiplied human defenses (Isa 22:8; Jer 5:17; Mic 5:10, 11). I will send . . . fire upon . . . cities—Sennacherib burned all Judah's fenced cities except Jerusalem (2Ki 18:13). palaces thereof—namely, of the land. Compare as to Jerusalem, Jer 17:27.
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