Jeremiah 15:17 NIV

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 15:17

I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced ,.... With them, the mockers; or, "those that make merry" F18 משחקים "ludentium", V. L. Pagninus, Montanus, Cocceius; "jocantium", Vatablus; "hilaria agentium", Gataker. ; as the word is rendered in Jeremiah 30:19 , and so the Targum, "those that sing;' and dance and live jovially; with these the prophet did not associate himself; such levity being unsuitable to his character as a prophet, and to those grievous messages he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:17

Verse 17 Here the Prophet more fully declares, that he was hated by the whole people because he pleased God. He indeed inveighs against the impiety of those who then bore rule; he does not here so much reprove the common people as the chief men, who exercised authority and administered justice; for when he speaks of the assembly of the ungodly, he no doubt refers to wicked rulers, as the word סוד, sud, which means a secret, means also a council. And David (or whosoever was the author of the... 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 15:15-17

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:17

In the assembly of the mockers ; rather, of the laughers . The serious thoughts arising out of his sacred office restrained him from taking part in the festive meetings to which his youth would naturally incline him (cutup. on Jeremiah 16:2 ). Because of thy hand . The Hand of Jehovah is a figurative expression for the self-revealing and irresistible power of Jehovah; it is, therefore, equivalent to the Arm of Jehovah ( Isaiah 53:1 ), but is used in preference with regard to the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:17

The sadness and solitude of a prophet. I. A PROPHET 'S COMMUNION WITH GOD DOES NOT PRECLUDE EARTHLY SADNESS AND SOLITUDE . Jeremiah was not plunged into grief through any unfaithfulness; he was under no shadow in regard to heavenly communications; yet he was sad and solitary. 1. Consider the sadness . While we am in this world we suffer with it and from its action upon us, even though we may be living very near to God. Christ was a man of sorrows; he sighed... 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

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 15:17-18

Jeremiah 15:17-18. I sat not in the assembly of the mockers Or, of those that make merry, as משׂחקים is elsewhere rendered: see Jeremiah 30:19; Jeremiah 31:4. Jeremiah soon found that the joy which he had conceived in being called to the prophetic office, and favoured with extraordinary communications from God, was turned into heaviness, God continually filling his mouth with dreadful messages, and his prophecies containing nothing but terrible denunciations of wrath against a sinful... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 15:15-21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:17

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 15:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10-21

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:15-17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:17

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 15:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 15:15-18

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 15:17-18

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 15:10-21

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