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  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    SOUL. Heb, _nephesh._ App-13. POOR. helpless. Hebrew. _'ebyon._ See note on Proverbs 6:11. EVILDOERS. Hebrew. _ra'a'._ App-44....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    See summary at commencement of section. The prophet's courage is renewed....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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 t...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    שִׁ֚ירוּ לַֽ יהוָ֔ה הַֽלְל֖וּ אֶת ־יְהוָ֑ה כּ

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _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)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    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,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    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...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    The Prophet's Joy and Sorrow...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    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...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 20:13 Sing H7891 (H8798) LORD H3068 Praise H1984 (H8761) LORD H3068 delivered H5337 (H8689) life...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

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