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…

Wherefore came I forth ...? —Like the preceding verse, this is in its tone, almost in its words, an echo of Job 3:11-12;[…

After denouncing his imprecations on his birthday and on the messenger who had wished to bring joy to his father, Jeremiah now expostulates with Go…

Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and
sorrow
"Labour" in performin…

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…