This is the prayer of a man in bitter grief, whose human nature cannot at present submit to the divine will. God’s long-suffering toward the wicked…

Thy words were found ... —The words go back to the mission of Jeremiah 1, and paint, with a wonderful power, the…

The Prophet had said in the last verse that he was loaded with reproach on God’s account; for in his dealings with his own people he did not incur …

Your words were found, and I did eat them ,
&e.] The messages he was called to deliver unto others appeared to him t…

It is a matter of comfort that we have a God to whose knowledge of all things we may appeal. Jeremiah pleads with God for mercy and relief against …

Here the prophet's petition is presented, which has two parts: first, his own prayer, and second, the Lord's response, which begins with the words,…