Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
neighings— (Jeremiah 5:8), image from the lust of horses; the lust after idols degrades to the level of the brute.
hills—where, as being nearer heaven, sacrifices were thought most acceptable to the gods.
wilt thou not . . . ? when—literally, "thou wilt not be made clean after how long a time yet." (So Jeremiah 13:23). Jeremiah denies the moral possibility of one so long hardened in sin becoming soon cleansed. But see Jeremiah 32:17; Luke 18:27.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 13:27:
Jeremiah 5:8
Jeremiah 13:25
Ezekiel 16:36
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