For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and (e) spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach to me, and a derision, daily.
(e) He shows that he did his office in that he reproved the people of their vices and threatened them with God's judgments: but because he was derided and persecuted for this, he was discouraged, and would have stopped preaching, except that God's spirit forced him to it.
Verse Jeremiah 20:8. _I CRIED VIOLENCE AND SPOIL_] This was the burden of the message thou didst give me....
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...
These _vv_. shew us that the prophets did not speak of their own will. It was an influence which they could not resist that urged them forward, in spite of the certain ills that should follow to thems...
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...
_Violence and spoil_ directed generally against himself. Cp. Jeremiah 5:26-28; Jeremiah 9:4. _a reproach unto me, and a derision_ Words applied to his own case by the great Florentine, Savonarola, "I...
FOR SINCE I SPAKE— _For as often as I speak, whether I cry out against injustice, or proclaim devastation, the word of_ JEHOVAH _is turned against me into matter of reproach and derision continually._...
IV. THE HUMAN VESSEL Jeremiah 20:7-18 In his public confrontation with Pashur Jeremiah had remained as firm as a rock. Now in his private moments with God he breaks down completely. He looks upon his...
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. SINCE I SPAKE, I CRIED OUT - rather, 'Whenever I speak I...
FOR SINCE I SPAKE, I CRIED OUT] RV 'for as often as I speak I cry out' (complain loudly)....
1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply....
I CRIED OUT, I CRIED. — The two Hebrew words are not, as in the English, alike, the first being the cry of complaint, the second of protest: _When I speak_ (the tense implies from the beginning of his...
כִּֽי ־מִ דֵּ֤י אֲדַבֵּר֙ אֶזְעָ֔ק חָמָ֥ס וָ
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...
_Day. They keep asking where are these enemies from the north, the plagues? &c. (Calmet) --- He is sorry to see the word of God despised, (Theodoret) and is guilty of a venial pusillanimity, concludin...
The Prophet's complaint to the Lord, of being deceived, means being disappointed. Jeremiah concluded, (but too hastily) that the people would regard his preaching, coming from the Lord, and in the Lor...
The Prophet says here that he found no fruit from his labors, but on the contrary, he saw that all his efforts and endeavors had an opposite effect; for they exasperated all the Jews, inflamed their r...
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...
FOR SINCE I SPAKE, I CRIED OUT,.... Or, "when I speak, I cry" a; whensoever I speak in the name of the Lord, and deliver message from him to the people, I lift up my voice and cry aloud, that all may...
_For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily._ Ver. 8. _For since I spake, I cried out,_] _i.e., _ Ever...
_For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil_ Or, rather, as Houbigant renders it, _For since I spake, and cried against iniquity, and denounced desolation, the word of the Lord_, &c. B...
For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil, or, "For as often as I speak, I must call out, I must cry, I am compelled to cry, concerning violence and desolation," he was obliged to rai...
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...
FOR SINCE I SPAKE, I CRIED OUT: if the particle be translated _since_, as we translate it, the meaning is, Since I first began to be a prophet, I have faithfully discharged my prophetical office, and...
Jeremiah 20:8 when H1767 spoke H1696 (H8762) out H2199 (H8799) shouted H7121 (H8799) Violence H2555 plunder...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 20:7 DECEIVED ME... STRONGER THAN I... LAUGHINGSTOCK. Jeremiah expresses his displeasure over his circumstances, even accusing God of deceiving and overpowering him (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...
1 Peter 4:14; 2 Chronicles 36:16; Hebrews 11:26; Hebrews 13:13;...
Since — Since I first began to be a prophet, I have faithfully discharged my office, and that with warmth and zeal. Spoil — I have prophesied that violence and spoil was coming. Because — Because of t...