Jeremiah 15:1

CHAPTER XV

God declares to Jeremiah that not even Moses and Samuel, whose

prayers had been so prevalent, could divert him from his

purpose of punishing so wicked a people, 1.

Accordingly their captivity is again announced in a variety of

images so full of terror, 2-9,

that the prophet complains of his own hard fate in being

obliged to deliver such unwelcome messages, 10;

for which too he is reproved, 11-14.

Immediately he appeals to God for his sincerity, and

supplicates pardon, 15-18;

and God tempers his reproof with promising again to protect

him in the faithful discharge of his duty, 19-21.

NOTES ON CHAP. XV

Verse Jeremiah 15:1. Though Moses and Samuel] Moses had often supplicated for the people; and in consequence they were spared. See Exodus 32:11 and following verses, Numbers 14:13. Samuel also had prayed for the people, and God heard him, 1 Samuel 7:9; but if these or the most holy men were now to supplicate for this people, he would not spare them.

Cast them out of my sight, and let them go forth.] Do not bring them into my presence by your prayers; let them go forth into captivity.