Jeremiah 20:16

let that man, etc.] Du. and Co. object to so much being made of the messenger, and therefore consider that for "man" we should substitute, or at any rate understand, "day" of the previous v. The meaning then would be, Let that day assuredly bring disaster. But the change is unnecessary. The text only expresses a counterpart of the Eastern custom of rewarding the messenger who brought good tidings.

the cities Cp. Isaiah 13:19.

cry Cp. Jeremiah 18:22.

shouting mg. an alarm, the same Hebrew word as that rendered "alarm" in Jeremiah 4:19.