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…

I cried out, I cried. —The two Hebrew words are not alike, as the English ones are, the first being the cry of complaint, the seco…

The Prophet says here that he found no fruit from his labors. On the contrary, he saw that all his efforts and endeavors had an opposite effect, fo…

For since I spoke, I cried out
Or, "when I speak, I cry" {a}; whensoever I speak in the name of the Lord, and delive…

The prophet complains of the insult and injury he experienced. But Jeremiah 20:7 may be read, Thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded. Thou…

Here the prophet's complaint is presented, which has two parts: