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Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14-18

What is the meaning of this? Does there proceed out of the same mouth blessing and cursing? Could he that said so cheerfully (Jer. 20:13), Sing unto the Lord, praise you the Lord, say so passionately (Jer. 20:14), Cursed be the day wherein I was born? How shall we reconcile these? What we have in these verses the prophet records, I suppose, to his own shame, as he had recorded that in the foregoing verses to God's glory. It seems to be a relation of the ferment he had been in while he was in... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14

Cursed be the day wherein I was born ,.... If this was said immediately upon the foregoing, it was a most strange and sudden change of frame indeed that the prophet came into, from praising God, to cursing the day of his birth; wherefore some have thought it was delivered at another time, when in great anguish of spirit; very likely when so ill used by Pashur, as before related; but here repeated, to show in what distress he had been, and what reason there was for praise and thanksgiving;... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:14

Cursed be the day wherein I was born - If we take these words literally, and suppose them to be in their proper place, they are utterly inconsistent with that state of confidence in which he exulted a few minutes before. If they are the language of Jeremiah, they must have been spoken on a prior occasion, when probably he had given way to a passionate hastiness. They might well comport with the state he was in Jeremiah 20:9 . I really believe these verses have got out of their proper... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:14

Verse 14 It seems, as I have said, that the Prophet was inconsistent with himself; from joy and thanksgiving he immediately passed into curses and execrations; what could have been less appropriate? If we say that he was tried by a new temptation, yet this seems by no means satisfactory, though it is in this way that interpreters commonly untie the knot. But it seems to me a levity unworthy of the holy man to pass suddenly from thanksgiving to God into imprecations, as though he had forgotten... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:7-18

The sorrow and joy of God's servant. There are many such photographs of the inner heart-life of God's people. It is the touch of nature which brings them near to us. The words and work of Jeremiah become more living and influential when we witness his spiritual struggles. I. THE SPIRITUAL NECESSITY OF HIS POSITION IS ALTERNATELY COMPLAINED OF AND ACQUIESCED IN . The saint cannot always continue amidst his highest experiences. There are ups and downs, not only... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14-18

Jeremiah curses the day of his birth. The passage is a further development of the complaint in Jeremiah 15:10 , and stands in no connection with the consolatory close of the preceding passage. There is a very striking parallel in Job 3:3-12 , and the question cannot be evaded, Which is the original? It is difficult to believe that Jeremiah copied from an earlier poem. Deep emotion expresses itself in language suggested by the moment; and, even after retouching his discourses, Jeremiah... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14-18

Jeremiah cursing the day of his birth. I. TROUBLE MAY LEAD A GOOD MAN TO THE VERGE OF DESPAIR . Jeremiah was a prophet, a good man, a man of faith, a man of prayer. Yet he cursed the day of his birth. Jeremiah was not without precedents for his conduct. Not to mention Jonah, whose character is by no means exemplary, the patient Job and the courageous Elijah had both regarded existence as a curse, and cried passionately for death. Jeremiah had great provocations to... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14-18

Is life worth living? Here is one who evidently thought it was not. How bitterly he grieves over the fact that he was ever brought into existence! It is an illustration, as has been pointed out, of the maddening force of suffering.. It drives a man to the use of wild language. For great sufferings generate great passions in the soul. They rouse the whole man into action. And these great passions thus roused often become irrepressible. Many men of no ordinary meekness and self-control are... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14-18

The prophet cursing the day of his birth. It is very perplexing to find these words following so closely upon the confidences expressed in Jeremiah 20:11-13 . And yet the perplexity is to some extent removed when we recollect how largely man is the creature of his moods. That he is bright and confident today may not hinder him from being in the depths of despair tomorrow. It is well for us to see how low a real and faithful prophet of God can sink. One is reminded at once of the similar... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 20:7-18

In the rest of the chapter we have an outbreak of deep emotion, of which the first part ends in a cry of hope Jeremiah 20:13, followed nevertheless by curses upon the day of his birth. Was this the result of feelings wounded by the indignities of a public scourging and a night spent in the stocks? Or was it not the mental agony of knowing that his ministry had (as it seemed) failed? He stands indeed before the multitudes with unbending strength, warning prince and people with unwavering... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14-18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:7-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14-18

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:14-18

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 20:7-18

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