Jeremiah 15:10-11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10-14

Jeremiah has now returned from his public work and retired into his closet; what passed between him and his God there we have an account of in these and the following verses, which he published afterwards, to affect the people with the weight and importance of his messages to them. Here is, I. The complaint which the prophet makes to God of the many discouragements he met with in his work, Jer. 15:10. 1. He met with a great deal of contradiction and opposition. He was a man of strife and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10

Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast born me a man of strife ,.... Not that the prophet was a quarrelsome and contentious man, but others quarrelled and contended with him, and that for no other reason than for his faithful discharge of his office, under which he ought to have been easy; but being a man of like passions with others, wishes he had never been born, than to meet with so much trouble; and seems to blame his mother for bearing him; or however looked upon himself to be a miserable... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:11

The Lord said ,.... In answer to the prophet's complaint: verily it shall be well with thy remnant : not with the remnant of his people, or those that should escape the threatened calamities; but the sense is, that it should be well with him in his latter end; the remainder of his days should be comfortable or be spent in peace and prosperity; and so the Targum, "if thine end shall not be for good.' The words are in the form of an oath, as Kimchi and Ben Melech observe; and the... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:10

A man of contention to the whole earth! - To the whole Land, to all his countrymen; though he had done nothing to merit their displeasure. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:11

I will cause the enemy to entreat thee well in the time of evil - This was literally fulfilled; see Jeremiah 39:11 , etc. Nebuchadnezzar had given strict charge to Nebuzaradan, commander in chief, to look well to Jeremiah, to do him no harm, and to grant him all the privileges he was pleased to ask. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:10

Verse 10 The Prophet, when he saw that his labor availed nothing, or was not so fruitful as he wished, no doubt felt somewhat like a man, and shewed his own weakness. It must however be observed, that he was so restrained by the secret power of the Holy Spirit, that he did not break forth intemperately, as is the case with many; but, he kept the right end so in view, that his sorrows had ever a regard to his object, even to render his labor useful to the people. A clear example of which is seen... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:11

Verse 11 God at the beginning of this verse no doubt intimates that he would be propitious to his servant, and grant him what he asked. We then conclude that the Prophet’s prayer was heard; and hence also becomes manifest what I have stated, that the Prophet was not so led away by the force of grief, but that he chiefly regarded the benefit of the people. God then was so propitious to his request, that he said that it would be well with his remnant, that what remained would be blessed. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10

Woe is me, my mother ! This is one of those passages (comp. Introduction) which illustrate the sensitive and shrinking character of our prophet. "If his meek spirit erred, opprest That God denied repose, What sin is ours, to whom Heaven's rest Is pledged to heal earth's woes?" (Cardinal Newman, in 'Lyra Apostolica,' 88.). I have neither lent on usury, etc.; a speaking figure to men of the ancient world, to whom, as Dr. Payne Smith remarks, "the relations between the money-lender... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10

The offense of faithful preaching. That the preaching of the gospel should stir up the evil passions of men would at first appear strange. It is the declaration of good news to them that are perishing, and an effort to restore men to happiness and peace. But that it has been accompanied with such manifestations of ill will from the beginning is sufficiently well known. The preaching of the cross has in every age been resisted and resented by the world. It is "to the Jews a stumbling-block,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10

The man who felt he had been born to strife and contention. These words of the prophet are not, of course, to be taken too literally. They are the language of excited feeling and of poetry, and would not be permissible as a prosaic statement to which the man who makes it may be expected deliberately to adhere. The proper way of regarding the words is to take them as vividly indicating a position which no words could sufficiently describe. Jeremiah sometimes felt himself so hated and so... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:10

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10

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