Having dwelt upon the difficulties which obstructed his path, he now shows that there are dangers that accompany escape.

The meaning of Lame…

I was a derision. —The personal experience of the prophet breaks through the succe ion of imagery. The arrows that pierce…

I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.

It is just so with a man who is under a sense of sin. His companion…

The Prophet again complains of the reproaches to which God had exposed the Jews. We have said that of all evils the most grievous is reproach, and …

I was a derision to all my people
So Jeremiah was to the people of the Jews, and especially to his townsmen, the men…

The prophet relates the more gloomy and discouraging part of his experience, and how he found support and relief. In the time of his trial the Lord…

Second, he describes the affliction of the punishment. The phrase into my reins signifies the wantonness of the people. The term