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A God Who Seems Helpless?
The prophet uses shocking language, comparing God to a man “astonished” or a “mighty man that cannot save.” Scholars explain this doesn't describe God's true state, but expresses the people's desperate perspective. It’s as if God is stunned, surprised, or unwilling to act. This raw, emotional language shows that it is acceptable to express our deepest frustrations and confusion to God in prayer.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 14:9
18th Century
Theologian
Astonied - The word may possibly mean “one who is taken by surprise and loses his presence of mind.”
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 14:9
19th Century
Bishop
As a man astonied. —The word translated this way is not found elsewhere, but cognate words in Arabic mean to be startled and perplexed.
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 14:7–9
19th Century
Preacher
For our backslidings are many; we have sinned against you. O the hope of Israel, the saviour thereof in time of trouble, why should you be as a…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 14:8–9
16th Century
Theologian
I have said that the former verse is confirmed by these words. For since the Prophet mentions God's own name to Him, we must consider the cause of …
John Gill
On Jeremiah 14:9
17th Century
Pastor
Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied Astonished, and so surprised as not to know what to say or do; or "asleep", as the Septuagi…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 14:1–9
17th Century
Minister
The people were in tears. But it was the cry of their trouble and their sin, rather than of their prayer. Let us be thankful for the mercy of water…