John Trapp on Jeremiah 21:13-14

Ver. 13. Behold I am againſt thee] I, who alone am a whole army of men, Van and Reare both, Iſa. 52.12. and may better ſay then any other, How many reckon you me at?

O inhabitant of the valley] i. e. Of Jeruſalem: called elſewhere the valley of viſion. It ſtood high, but yet was compaſſed about with mountains that were higher, Pſal. 125.2. See there.

And rock of the plain] The bulwark and beauty of the whole adjacent Country. Pliny ſaith, that it was the moſt famous of all the Cities of the Eaſt: he might have ſaid of the whole world, if he had known all.

Which ſay Who ſhall come down againſt us? or who, &c.] This they ſaid out of carnal confidence in the natural ſtrength of the place, increaſed by their fortifications. The Jebuſites had done ſo, 2 Sam. 5.6. and were unrooted. Security uſhereth in deſtruction.

Who ſhall enter into our habitations?] Which we hold impregnable: Such like vaunts precede and preſage ruine, See chap. 49. Obad. 3.

Puniam vos pro meritis.Ver. 14. But I will puniſh you] And if I take you once to doe, you are ſure of your full payment. Heb. I will viſite upon thee according to the fruit of your actions, i. e. I will lay upon you a puniſhment anſwerable to your ſins; the ſin being as the ſeed, and the puniſhment as the fruit that cometh of it: q. d. Ye have ſown the wind, and ye ſhall reap the whirl-wind.

And I will kindle a fire in the Forreſt thereof] i. e. In the ſtreets which ſtand as thick with houſes, as the forreſt of Lebanon doth with trees: and are built with timber fetcht from that forreſt.