Jeremiah vents his sorrow at the rejection of his prayer. In reading these and similar expostulations, we sense that we are dealing with a man who …

Woe is me ... —The abruptness of the transition suggests the thought that we have a distinct fragment which has been merged in the…

The Prophet, when he saw that his labor was of no use, or was not as fruitful as he wished, no doubt felt somewhat like a man, and showed his own w…

Woe is me, my mother, that you have borne me a man of strife , &c.] Not that the prophet was a quarrelsome and contentiou…

Jeremiah met with much contempt and reproach, when they should have blessed him and thanked God for him. It is a great and sufficient support to th…

1. Here, the prophet prays for himself, as if despairing of the people.

   1. He gives his own lament and then describes the disc…