Jeremiah 23:9

Jer 23:9 Mine heart within me is broken because of the prophets; all my bones shake; I am like a drunken man, and like a man whom wine hath overcome, because of the LORD, and because of the words of his holiness.

Ver. 9. My heart within me is broken. ] Utitur exordiolo pathetico et tragico prorsus. Being to inveigh against the priests and false prophets, those great corrupters of the people, he useth this pathetic preface, Cordicitus et medullitus doles, I am grieved to the very heart, &c.

All my bones shake. ] Heb., Hover or flutter, as birds do, They shake and shudder with extreme fear and horror. Totus contremisco.

I am like a drunken man. ] Totus perturbatus sum, I am not myself, not able to stand high alone.

Because of the Lord. ] Through zeal of his glory.

And because of the words of his holiness. ] His holy words so shamefully slighted, his dreadful threats especially.