耶利米书 15:17-18 RCUVSS

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 15:15-21

Here, as before, we have, I. The prophet's humble address to God, containing a representation both of his integrity and of the hardships he underwent notwithstanding. It is a matter of comfort to us that, whatever ails us, we have a God to go to, before whom we may spread our case and to whose omniscience we may appeal, as the prophet here, ?O Lord! thou knowest; thou knowest my sincerity, which men are resolved they will not acknowledge; thou knowest my distress, which men disdain to take... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:17

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced ,.... With them, the mockers; or, "those that make merry" F18 משחקים "ludentium", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius; "jocantium", Vatablus; "hilaria agentium", Gataker. ; as the word is rendered in Jeremiah 30:19 , and so the Targum, "those that sing;' and dance and live jovially; with these the prophet did not associate himself; such levity being unsuitable to his character as a prophet, and to those grievous messages he... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:18

Why is my pain perpetual ,.... The pain of his mind; his uneasiness for the good of his people, which was likely to last, having no hope of a change for the better: or it may design the pain which they gave him by their reproaches and persecutions of him, which seemed as if they would have no end: and my wound incurable, which refuseth to be healed ? the same thing is meant as before. The allusion is to an old ulcer, or obstinate wound, which no medicine can affect, is desperate and... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:18

Wilt thou be altogether unto me as - waters that fail? - Leaning either springs, which in the height of summer grow dry; or, like that phenomenon in the sandy desert, where, by a peculiar action of the air on the rising vapors, the resemblance of water is produced, so that the traveler, deceived, rejoices that he is come, in the sandy desert, to the verge of a beautiful lake; but the farther he travels, it is still at the same distance, and at last vanishes; and he finds the whole was an... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:17

Verse 17 Here the Prophet more fully declares, that he was hated by the whole people because he pleased God. He indeed inveighs against the impiety of those who then bore rule; he does not here so much reprove the common people as the chief men, who exercised authority and administered justice; for when he speaks of the assembly of the ungodly, he no doubt refers to wicked rulers, as the word סוד, sud, which means a secret, means also a council. And David (or whosoever was the author of the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:18

Verse 18 Before we proceed, we shall shortly refer to the meaning of the passage. Jeremiah has before shewn that he possessed an heroic courage in despising all the splendor of the world, and in regarding as nothing those proud men who boasted that they were the rulers of the Church: but he now confesses his infirmity; and there is no doubt but that he was often agitated by different thoughts and feelings; and this necessarily happens to us, because the flesh always fights against the spirit.... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10-21

These verses come in very unexpectedly, and are certainly not to be regarded as a continuation of the preceding discourse. They describe some deeply pathetic moment of the prophet's inner life, and in all probability belong to a later period of the history of Judah. At any rate, the appreciation of the next chapter will be facilitated by reading it in close connection with Jeremiah 15:9 of the present chapter. But the section before us is too impressive to be east adrift without an attempt... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:15-17

The prophet's claim upon Jehovah, and the grounds of the claim. That which urged the prophet thus to cry to God for succor is stated with great emphasis in Jeremiah 15:18 . He is suffering as from a perpetual pain and an incurable wound. It is by such a cry as this that we are able to estimate something of the continuous reproach which he must have had to endure. We know how, in later days, the Jews dogged the steps of Christ and afterwards of Paul; and these persecutors of Jeremiah were... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:17

In the assembly of the mockers ; rather, of the laughers . The serious thoughts arising out of his sacred office restrained him from taking part in the festive meetings to which his youth would naturally incline him (cutup. on Jeremiah 16:2 ). Because of thy hand . The Hand of Jehovah is a figurative expression for the self-revealing and irresistible power of Jehovah; it is, therefore, equivalent to the Arm of Jehovah ( Isaiah 53:1 ), but is used in preference with regard to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:17

The sadness and solitude of a prophet. I. A PROPHET 'S COMMUNION WITH GOD DOES NOT PRECLUDE EARTHLY SADNESS AND SOLITUDE . Jeremiah was not plunged into grief through any unfaithfulness; he was under no shadow in regard to heavenly communications; yet he was sad and solitary. 1. Consider the sadness . While we am in this world we suffer with it and from its action upon us, even though we may be living very near to God. Christ was a man of sorrows; he sighed... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 15:15-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:18

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:18

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:17

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