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A Prophet's Honest Pain
Commentators highlight that Jeremiah's curse reveals the profound, raw humanity of even God's most faithful servants. Rather than being a stoic figure, he experiences deep despair and impatience. Scholars advise us not to judge but to sympathize, recognizing that faith involves real struggle. This passage shows that intense emotional pain does not disqualify a person from being used by God.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 20:7–18
18th Century
Theologian
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…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 20:14
19th Century
Bishop
Cursed be the day wherein I was born ... — The apparent strangeness of this relapse from the confidence of the two previo…
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 20:14–16
16th Century
Theologian
It seems, as I have said, that the Prophet was inconsistent with himself; from joy and thanksgiving he immediately passed into curses and denunciat…
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 20:14
17th Century
Pastor
Cursed [be] the day wherein I was born If this was said immediately upon the foregoing, it was a most strange and sudden …
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 20:14–18
17th Century
Minister
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…