耶利米书 15:17-18 RCUVSS

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:18

Why is my pain perpetual ? One who could honestly speak of himself in terms such as those of Jeremiah 15:16 , Jeremiah 15:17 , seemed to have a special claim on the Divine protection. But Jeremiah's hopes have been disappointed. His vexation is perpetual, and his wounded spirit finds no comfort. As a liar ; rather, as a deceitful stream . The word "stream" has to be understood as in Micah 1:14 . Many of the water courses of Palestine are filled with a rushing torrent in the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:15-18

This is the prayer of a man in bitter grief, whose human nature cannot at present submit to the divine will. God’s long-suffering toward the wicked seemed to the prophet to be the abandonment of himself to death; justice itself required that one who was suffering contumely for God’s sake should be delivered.Rebuke - i. e., reproach, contumely.Jeremiah 15:16Thy words were found - Jeremiah’s summons to the prophetic office had not been expected or sought for by him.I did eat them - i. e., I... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 15:17-18

Jeremiah 15:17-18. I sat not in the assembly of the mockers Or, of those that make merry, as משׂחקים is elsewhere rendered: see Jeremiah 30:19; Jeremiah 31:4. Jeremiah soon found that the joy which he had conceived in being called to the prophetic office, and favoured with extraordinary communications from God, was turned into heaviness, God continually filling his mouth with dreadful messages, and his prophecies containing nothing but terrible denunciations of wrath against a sinful... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10-21

Jeremiah’s anguish; God’s comfort (15:10-21)The prophet again complains to God because of the unjust treatment he suffers. He has done no harm to the people, and in fact has pleaded on their behalf for God’s mercy upon them, yet they hate him. They are angered at his attacks on their sin and his forecasts of judgment. Their hearts are as hard as iron (10-12). God’s word is that the Judeans will be invaded, plundered and taken captive (13-14).Knowing that God is understanding, Jeremiah asks that... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 15:17

mockers = merry-makers. hand. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Cause), for guidance. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 15:18

a liar = a deceitful [brook]. The Ellipsis , to be supplied from next clause, as a brook that disappointeth. Compare Job 6:20 . read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 15:18

Jeremiah 15:18. Wilt thou be altogether, &c.— Wilt thou be altogether unto me as the lying of waters that are not sure? Our translation certainly conveys too harsh an idea, nor is there any reason for it; for the passage may very well be rendered differently. Houbigant renders it, Why is my life unto me as waters which fail and flow away: and others, Thou art become to me a fountain which faileth, and as waters which are not to be trusted. See Isaiah 58:11. "Thou hast promised to be my... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:17

17. My "rejoicing" (Jeremiah 15:16) was not that of the profane mockers (Psalms 1:1; Psalms 26:4; Psalms 26:5) at feasts. So far from having fellowship with these, he was expelled from society, and made to sit "alone," because of his faithful prophecies. because of thy hand—that is, Thine inspiration (Isaiah 8:11; Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 3:14). filled me with indignation—So Jeremiah 6:11, "full of the fury of the Lord"; so full was he of the subject (God's "indignation" against the ungodly) with... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:18

18. ( :-). "Pain," namely, the perpetual persecution to which he was exposed, and his being left by God without consolation and "alone." Contrast his feeling here with that in :-, when he enjoyed the full presence of God, and was inspired by His words. Therefore he utters words of his natural "infirmity" (so David, Psalms 77:10) here; as before he spoke under the higher spiritual nature given him. as a liar, and as—rather, "as a deceiving (river) . . . waters that are not sure (lasting)";... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 15:10-18

A collection of Jeremiah’s personal trials and sayings 15:10-20:18This section of text is highly autobiographical. It contains, among other things, most of Jeremiah’s so-called "confessions" (Jeremiah 15:10-12; Jeremiah 15:15-21; Jeremiah 17:9-11; Jeremiah 17:14-18; Jeremiah 18:18-23; Jeremiah 20:7-18). This section can be a great help and encouragement to modern servants of the Lord. read more