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For as often as I speak, I cry out; I cry, Violence and destruction! because the word of Yahweh is made a reproach to me, and a derision, all the day.
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Commentators explain that Jeremiah's constant cry of "Violence and destruction!" was his primary message. He was relentlessly calling out the social injustice, corruption, and oppression committed by the powerful, while also warning of the coming judgment from Babylon. This was the specific "word of the Lord" he delivered.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
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…
19th Century
Anglican
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Here the prophet's complaint is presented, which has two parts:
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