Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
He hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. This deliverance took place when Zedekiah succeeded to Jeconiah.
Verse Jeremiah 20:13. _SING UNTO THE LORD_] He was so completely delivered from all fear, that although he remained in the same circumstances, yet he exults in the Divine protection, and does not fear...
In the rest of the chapter we have an outbreak of deep emotion, of which the first part ends in a cry of hope Jeremiah 20:13, followed nevertheless by curses upon the day of his birth. Was this the re...
CHAPTER 20 Pashur.-Jeremiah's Perplexity and Complaint _ 1. Pashur and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:1) _ 2. Jeremiah's great perplexity and complaint (Jeremiah 20:7) Jeremiah 20:1. A great scene now
THE PROPHET'S TROUBLES, HOPES, AND DARK DESPAIR. In passionate protest against his lot (possibly occasioned by the incident just related) Jeremiah complains that Yahweh has beguiled him into the work...
SOUL. Heb, _nephesh._ App-13. POOR. helpless. Hebrew. _'ebyon._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. EVILDOERS. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44....
See summary at commencement of section. The prophet's courage is renewed....
Jeremiah 20:7-18. The prophet bitterly complains to God of his lot The passage opens to us the depths of the prophet's soul, and we see him in intimate converse with God, and possessed now by the emo...
This exclamation of praise may be compared with those which break out from time to time in the course, or at the conclusion, of many even among the most mournful and despondent of the Psalms, e.g. Psa...
B. Conviction Jeremiah 20:11-13 TRANSLATION (11) But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore my persecutors shall stumble and they shall not prevail. They shall be utterly put to shame...
1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply....
SING UNTO THE LORD... — It was as though heaviness had endured for a night, and joy had come in the morning. As with so many of the Psalms (Psalms 22:22 is, perhaps, the most striking parallel), what...
שִׁ֚ירוּ לַֽ יהוָ֔ה הַֽלְל֖וּ אֶת ־יְהוָ֑ה כּ
CHAPTER XIII JEREMIAH UNDER PERSECUTION Jeremiah 20:1 THE prophet has now to endure something more than a scornful rejection of his message. "And Pashchur ben Immer the priest" (he was chief officer...
The story of the persecution which this action stirred up against him follows. Pashur heard the prophecy, and, smiting the prophet, arrested and imprisoned him. On the following day Jeremiah, being br...
_Sing. God having shewn that his prayer should be heard, he gives thanks, (Calmet) and thus shews that what he is going to say proceeds not from impatience. (Theodoret)_...
What a blessed testimony, is it to the truth of the holy scriptures, that their effects on the souls of God's people, are in all ages the same. What Jeremiah said, all more or less find, that the word...
Here the Prophet breaks out into an open expression of joy, and not only gives thanks himself to God, that he had been freed from the intrigues and violence of the wicked, but he also summons others,...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20. Chapter s 19 and 20 shew us the judgment of Jerusalem announced in terms that require little explanation; and we have in chapter 20 a sample of the...
SING UNTO THE LORD, PRAISE YE THE LORD,.... The prophet, from prayer, proceeds to praise; and from expressions of faith and confidence in the Lord, having committed his cause to him, being assured of...
Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers. Ver. 13. _Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord._] _Nota hic alternantis animi motus ae...
_But, O Lord, that triest the righteous_ That triest their faith and patience, in order to the farther purification of their souls, and the increase of these and all their other graces; or, who takest...
Sing unto the Lord, praise ye the Lord, this being the attitude of the heart trusting in His promises, FOR HE HATH DELIVERED THE SOUL OF THE POOR, of the lowly and unfortunate, FROM THE HAND OF EVIL-D...
The Prophet's Joy and Sorrow...
7-13 The prophet complains of the insult and injury he experienced. But ver. Jeremiah 20:7 may be read, Thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded. Thou wast stronger than I; and didst overpower me...
The prophet here riseth higher, from prayer to praise: it is not certain whether this was a rejoicing of faith or of sense; a thanksgiving to God upon his deliverance out of the hand of Pashur, or som...
Jeremiah 20:13 Sing H7891 (H8798) LORD H3068 Praise H1984 (H8761) LORD H3068 delivered H5337 (H8689) life...
JEREMIAH IS SO DISTRAUGHT THAT HE BERATES YHWH AND POINTS OUT HOW TOUGH HE IS FINDING THINGS, AND YET HE ADMITS THAT HE HAS TO SPEAK OUT WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT BECAUSE YHWH'S WORD IS LIKE A BURNIN...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's first persecution. His complaint to God and encouragement in God. CHARACTERS: God, Pashur, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: Those who declare the whole counsel of God may ex...
Jeremiah 20:3. _The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur,_ which signifies security or increase; _but Magormissabib,_ a terror on every side, or terrors of a captivity. Pashur believed the prophet, ye...
_An my familiars watched for my halting._ PATHETIC EXPERIENCES In these verses we have two distinct aspects of human experience. Within this brief section Jeremiah is on the hill top and in the deepe...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 20:13 PRAISE THE LORD!... CURSED BE THE DAY! It is true that God merits praise for his protection. It is also true that Jeremiah lives a hard life. See...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. With chap. 20 the first section of this book closes. Probably this was Jeremiah’s last public prophecy in Jehoiakim’s reign, and formed the...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 20:1 The continuation of the preceding narrative. PASHUR THE SON OF TRAINER. This man belonged to the sixteenth of the sacerdotal families or classes (1 Chronicles 24:14). Another...
Now Pashur (Jeremiah 20:1). And the name means "prosperity all around." Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah had prophesie...
Isaiah 25:4; James 2:5; James 2:6; Psalms 109:30; Psalms 109:31;...