Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 8:13

13 ¶ I will surely consume them, saith the LORD; There shall be no grapes on the vine, nor figs on the fig tree, and the leaf shall fade, and the things that I have given them shall pass away from them.

Or in gathering I will consume them; q. d. I will so gather them togeth[illegible: 2 letters] into their several Cities to be besieged, that it shall be no hard matter to destroy them, ver. 16. viz. The body of the people, not every one, for there was a remnant, that did escape.

These Fruits, Grapes, and Figs, it is probable, were of greatest account and use among them, Isa. 36.16. and so may be put for all other things, either for necessity or delight, which God threatens he will deprive them of by reason of the Siege, which a famine shall succeed, chap. 5.17. Ioel 1.7. Hab. 3.17. See the like Z[illegible: 1 letter]ph. 1.2, 3. Or possibly, it may be spoken by way of similitude, q. d. they shall be wasted, as when there is no Grapes on the Vine, &c. the Land shall be left as bare, as when by Tempests or other violence, there is neither leaf or fruit left upon the Tree, Psal. 78.47.

If this refer to the further punishment, as some, then it is as much as to say, what they have already received from me and laid up, they shall also be deprived of Hos. 2.8, 9. or though I have given it to them, yet they shall not injoy it, it shall be taken away by their enemies; if it relate to the reason of the punishment, as others, then the copulative is put for the causal. q. d. because the things that I gave them. viz. My Laws, pass away, i. e. they have transgressed, Isa. 24.4, 5. either sense lies fair.

Marginal references: Or, In g[illegible: 1 letter]th[illegible: 1 letter]ring I will consume.; Isa. 5.1. &c.; Matth. 21.19. Luk. 13.6. &c.