Jeremiah 15:15

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 15:15

O Lord, thou knowest ,.... All persons and things; he knew the prophet and his heart, and all that was in it; his innocence and integrity; all his afflictions, and what he met with from his enemies; and he knew them, and all their malicious designs against him: remember me ; with the favour which he bore to his own people, his covenant with him, his promises to him, and the word on which he had caused him to hope; because of his trials and troubles, he might seem to be forgotten by him: ... read more

Adam Clarke

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

O Lord - remember me, and visit me - Let me not be carried away into captivity; and it does not appear that he had ever been taken to Babylon. After the capture of the city he went into Egypt; and either died there, or was put to death by his countrymen. read more

John Calvin

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

Verse 15 The Prophet again turns to God, to shew that he had to do with the deaf. This breaking off in the Prophet’s discourse has much more force than if he had pursued regularly his subject. Had he spoken calmly and in uniform order to the people, his address would have been less forcible, than by speaking to them as it were angrily and by severely reproving them, and then immediately by turning from them and addressing God as though bidding adieu to men. Of this we have spoken elsewhere, but... 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

O Lord, thou knowest , etc. The prophet renews his complaints. God's omniscience is the thought which comforts him (comp. Jeremiah 17:6 ; Jeremiah 18:23 ; Psalms 69:19 ). But he desires some visible proof of God's continued care for his servant. Visit me , equivalent to "be attentive to my wants "-an anthropomorphic expression for the operation of Providence. Take me not away in thy long-suffering ; i.e. "suffer not my persecutors to destroy me through the long-suffering which... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:15

The prayer of the persecuted. I. THE GROUNDS OF HIS PLEA . 1. A confessor ' s fidelity . Jeremiah was suffering for God's sake. This plea implies He who can urge such a plea is the heir of one of the great beatitudes ( Matthew 5:10 ). It is important to note that the promise of Christ rests, not on the mere fact of persecution, nor even on unjust persecution, but on persecution for righteousness' sake. The martyr is honored, not for his suffering, but for his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:15

Thou knowest it. There is One to whom the true prophet and saint must stand or fall. He is anxious, therefore, for his approval. He labors ever as in the great Taskmasters eye. "Thou God seest me," which is the terror of the sinner, is the chief reward and comfort of the saint. The prophet here consoles himself— I. BY AN APPEAL TO THE JUDGMENT OF GOD . In this connection it is as if conscience itself had been invoked. And yet, better still, if conscience should... 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

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

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