Jeremiah 15:10-11 NIV

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 15:11

The Lord said . The prophets are usually so tenacious of the same formulae that even their slight deviations are noteworthy. "The Lord said," for "Thus saith the Lord," occurs only here and in Jeremiah 46:25 (where, however, the phrase has possibly been detached by mistake from the preceding verse). It shall be well with thy remnant ; rather, I have loosed thee for ( thy ) good , or, thy loosing ( shall be ) for ( thy good ), according as we adopt the reading of the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:10

Jeremiah vents his sorrow at the rejection of his prayer. In reading these and similar expostulations we feel that we have to do with a man who was the reluctant minister of a higher power, from where alone he drew strength to be content to do and suffer.Strife - More exactly, “lawsuit;” the sense is, “I am as a man who has to enter into judgment with and reprove the whole earth.”I have neither lent ... - i. e., I have no personal cause of quarrel with the people, that I should thus be... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:11

Shall be well with thy remnant - Or, thy loosing shall be for good; in the sense of being set free, deliverance.To entreat thee well ... - Rather, “to supplicate thee in the time of evil etc.;” fulfilled in Jeremiah 21:1-2; Jeremiah 37:3; Jeremiah 42:2. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 15:10-11

Jeremiah 15:10-11. Wo is me, my mother The prophet here complains of the opposition he met with from his countrymen for speaking unwelcome truths. Thou hast borne me a man of contention to the whole earth Or, whole land, rather. I am the object of common hatred; every body takes occasion to quarrel with me, because I speak truths which they do not like to hear. I have neither lent upon usury, &c. “The Jews were forbidden to take usury of their brethren, (Deuteronomy 23:19,)... 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 15:10

lent on usury. Reference to Pentateuch (Exodus 22:25 ). App-92 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 15:11

The LORD said = Jehovah said. This formula, as commencing a sentence, occurs only here and Jeremiah 46:25 . It is adopted only in Luke 11:39 ; Luke 12:42 ; Luke 18:6 ; Luke 22:31 . thy: i.e. Israel's. evil. Hebrew. ra a'. App-44 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:10

BEGINNING OF JEREMIAH'S SECOND LAMENT"Woe is me, my mother, that thou has borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have not lent, neither have men lent to me; yet every one of them doth curse me. Jehovah said, Verily, I will strengthen thee for good; verily I will cause the enemy to make supplication unto thee in the time of evil and in the time of affliction."These verses and through the end of the chapter constitute "the second personal lament of Jeremiah,"[10]... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 15:10

Jeremiah 15:10. That thou hast borne me a man of strife— The prophet here complains of the opposition he met with from his countrymen for speaking unwelcome truths, which had occasioned him as much uneasiness, as if he had engaged in the most invidious of all occupations, and the most likely to engender strife, that of lending and borrowing upon usury. read more