I sat not in the assembly of the mockers nor rejoiced, he had not taken part in any frivolous gatherings; I sat alone because of Thy hand, being isolated on account of the fact that the power of the Lord had taken hold of him and urged him to do the work of a prophet; for Thou hast filled me with indignation, with a holy wrath over the corruption and obstinacy of Judah.
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 himse...
CHAPTER 15 The Prophet's Deep Soul-Exercise _ 1. The answer (Jeremiah 15:1) _ 2. The prophet's grief and sorrow and Jehovah's answer (Jeremiah 15:10) Jeremiah 15:1. The preceding prayer is
THE SORROW AND STRENGTH OF PROPHETIC SERVICE. The experience of the prophet, as described in the following section, may be the result of his unpopularity at the time of the drought, and therefore be r...
MOCKERS. merry-makers. HAND. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Cause), for guidance....
Jeremiah 15:10-21. The prophet bewails his lot. God's reply The passage as a whole is one of the most eloquent and pathetic in the Book. The date cannot be determined with confidence. The latter part...
See summary at commencement of section....
_because of thy hand_ Thy firm, compelling grasp. Cp. Isaiah 8:11; Ezekiel 1:3; Ezekiel 37:1....
B. The Prayer of Jeremiah 15:15-18 TRANSLATION (15) You, O LORD, know; remember me, visit me, and avenge me of my persecutors. Do not take me away by deferring your anger. Know that for Your sake I h...
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. I SAT NOT IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE MOCKERS, NOR REJOICED - my "rejoi...
15:17 assembly (c-6) Elsewhere 'secret council.' mockers, (d-9) Or 'them that make merry,' as. ch. 31.4....
1-9. The coming woes described....
THE MOCKERS] RV 'them that make merry.' There is no suggestion of wrong doing in the original word. BECAUSE OF THY HAND] meaning God's guidance, His inspiration. For this sense of 'hand' cp. Isaiah 8:...
IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE MOCKERS. — Rather, _of the mirthful._ The word, which is the same as that found in Isaac (= laughter), does not necessarily imply an evil or cynical mirth, like that of the “sco...
לֹֽא ־יָשַׁ֥בְתִּי בְ סֹוד ־מְשַׂחֲקִ֖ים וָֽ...
CHAPTER IX THE DROUGHT AND ITS MORAL IMPLICATIONS Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah 15:1 (17?) VARIOUS opinions have been expressed about the division of these Chapter s. They have been cut up into short sect...
To this great appeal Jehovah again replied by declaring mercy to be impossible, and judgment inevitable, and this on account of the sin of Manasseh which had been persisted in, namely, the rejection o...
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone (q) because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. (q) I had nothing to do with the wicked contemners of your word,...
_Jesters, who deride religion, (Psalm i. 1.) or sport away their time. (Calmet) --- Hand, through vanity. Literally, and I boast of." (Haydock) --- I rejoiced in suffering, as this prophet. Many (Calm...
Though the Lord would not listen to the prophet's prayer, to avert the visitation concerning the captivity; yet for Jeremiah's personal safety, the Lord remembered his covenant: see Jeremiah 1:19. Rea...
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 beginning of chapter 15 is an answer to the close of chapter 14; but the instruction and the principles it contains are very remarkable. Jehovah declares that if Moses and Samuel (whose love for I...
I SAT NOT IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE MOCKERS, NOR REJOICED,.... With them, the mockers; or, "those that make merry" r; as the word is rendered in Jeremiah 30:19, and so the Targum, "those that sing;'' a...
I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced; I sat alone because of thy hand: for thou hast filled me with indignation. Ver. 17. _I sat not in the assembly of the mockers._] That scoffed a...
_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...
15-21 It is matter of comfort that we have a God, to whose knowledge of all things we may appeal. Jeremiah pleads with God for mercy and relief against his enemies, persecutors, and slanderers. It wi...
I SAT NOT IN THE ASSEMBLY OF THE MOCKERS, NOR REJOICED, some, and those the most, interpret these words as an argument the prophet useth with God to obtain his favour, because though the country was f...
Jeremiah 15:17 sit H3427 (H8804) assembly H5475 mockers H7832 (H8764) rejoice H5937 (H8799) sat H3427 ...
PRIVATE DEALINGS BETWEEN JEREMIAH AND YHWH (JEREMIAH 15:15). In this passage where he is wrestling with self-doubt Jeremiah stresses that he has been faithful to God's word (Jeremiah 15:16) and God's...
CONTENTS: Message on the drought, concluded. The people abandoned to ruin. Jeremiah complains of his hardships. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Moses, Samuel. CONCLUSION: Miserable is the case of those w...
Jeremiah 15:1. _Though Moses and Samuel stood before me,_ as when Moses by his prayers saved the nation, Exodus 32:11, and Samuel in Mizpeh was heard, when the Lord terrified the Philistine armies by...
_I sat not in the assembly of the mockers._ CHRISTIANS DELIGHT NOT IN GODLESS COMPANY It is better and safer to ride alone than to have a thief’s company; and such is a wicked man, who will rob thee...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES—For _Chronology of the Chapter and Historical Facts_, see on chap. Jeremiah 10:5 _in loc_. 1. PERSONAL ALLUSIONS. Jeremiah 15:1. “_Moses and Samuel_,” here mentioned as h...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 15:1 Second rejection of Jeremiah's intercession; awfulness of the impending judgment. JEREMIAH 15:1 THOUGH MOSES AND SAMUEL, etc. It is a mere supposition which is here made; t...
Then said the LORD unto me, Though Moses and Samuel stood before me, yet my mind could not be toward this people: cast them out of my sight, and let them go foRuth (Jeremiah 15:1). Now it is interesti...
2 Corinthians 6:17; Daniel 7:28; Ezekiel 3:24; Ezekiel 3:25; Jer
I sat not — God had all along filled his mouth with such dreadful messages, that his whole prophetical life had been to him a time of mourning and solitude, a time when he sat alone, mourning and weep...