Jeremiah 14:8 - Exposition

How pathetic a supplication! Jehovah will surely not be as a stranger in the land —the strangers, or" sojourners," like the μέτοικοι , enjoyed no civic rights, and consequently had no interest in the highest concerns of the state, and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside —or perhaps, pitcketh his tent ; for the traveler in Palestine doubtless carried his tent with him then as now— to tarry for a night . With the latter figure compare the beautiful comparison of the hope of the ungodly to "the remembrance of a guest that tarrieth but a day" (Wis. 5:14).