John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17
Therefore thou shalt say this word unto them ,.... Instead of praying for the people, the prophet has a doleful lamentation put into his mouth, to pronounce in their hearing, in order to assure them of the calamities that were coming upon them, and to affect them with them. Let mine eyes run down with tears night and day, and let them not cease : or "be silent" F16 תדמינה "sileant", Schmidt; "taceant", Pegninus, Montanus. ; signifying that there would be quickly just reason and... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 14:17-22
The present deplorable state of Judah and Jerusalem is here made the matter of the prophet's lamentation (Jer. 14:17, 18) and the occasion of his prayer and intercession for them (Jer. 14:19), and I am willing to hope that the latter, as well as the former, was by divine direction, and that these words (Jer. 14:17), Thus shalt thou say unto them (or concerning them, or in their hearing), refer to the intercession, as well as to the lamentation, and then it amounts to a revocation of the... read more