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…

Then I said ... — The sense of a hopeless work, destined to fail, weighed on the prophet’s soul, and he would willingly have withd…

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…

Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any
more in his name
Not tha…

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: