Jeremiah 20:1
Immer — The course of Immer was the sixteenth course of the priests, 1 Chronicles 24:14. Pashur was his son, that is descended from him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Immer — The course of Immer was the sixteenth course of the priests, 1 Chronicles 24:14. Pashur was his son, that is descended from him.... [ Continue Reading ]
Not called — God's meaning was, not that he should by men be no longer called Pashur, but that his condition should not answer that name Pashur, which signifies, a flourishing priest; but Magor — missabib, that is, fear and terror on all sides.... [ Continue Reading ]
Hast prevailed — Thou prevailedst against me. Jeremiah at first excused himself to God, Jeremiah 1:6, but the Lord prevailed against him replying, Jeremiah 1:7, Say not, I am a child, for thou shalt go to all that I shall send thee, and whatsoever I command thee thou shalt speak, Jeremiah 1:9. This... [ Continue Reading ]
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 that scorn and derision with which they treated him.... [ Continue Reading ]
I said — He did not speak this openly, but in his heart. But — He found in his heart a constraint to go on.... [ Continue Reading ]
Prevail — Desiring nothing more than that I might be enticed to speak or do something which they might make matter of a colourable accusation.... [ Continue Reading ]
But — The prophet recovering himself out of his fit of passion, encourageth himself in his God, whom he calls the mighty and terrible one, so declaring his faith in the power of God, as one able to save him, and in the promise and good will of God toward him; therefore he saith, The Lord is with me;... [ Continue Reading ]
Cursed — This sudden change makes some think that these words proceeded from Jeremiah rather as a repetition of a former passion into which the abuses of his enemies had put him, than as the immediate product of his spirit at this time.... [ Continue Reading ]
The cities — Sodom and Gomorrah; by the cry in the morning and shouting at noon, he means the shouts and noises that enemies make when they break in upon a place.... [ Continue Reading ]