In the rest of the chapter, we have an outbreak of deep emotion, the first part of which ends in a cry of hope (Jeremiah 20:13), follow…

Making him very glad. —The memory, or rather the thought of that day, the joy of father and mother when their child was born ([Ref…

It seems, as I have said, that the Prophet was inconsistent with himself; from joy and thanksgiving he immediately passed into curses and denunciat…

Cursed [be] the man who brought tidings to my father

The word signifies commonly good tidings, as the news of a ch…

When grace has the victory, it is good to be ashamed of our folly, to admire the goodness of God, and to be warned to guard our spirits in the futu…

1. Here, he laments the origin of his birth.

But one may object to this, for it is the duty of the saints to glory in tribulations, as…