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I am become a derision to all my people, and their song all the day.
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The Pain of Public Shame
Commentators explain that the prophet's suffering here is not just physical but deeply emotional. The metaphorical 'arrows' of God's judgment (v. 12-13) are now revealed to be the real-life taunts and mockery of others. John Calvin notes that this public shame is one of the 'most grievous' of all evils, turning sorrow into a broken heart.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Having dwelt upon the difficulties which obstructed his path, he now shows that there are dangers that accompany escape.
The meaning of Lame…
19th Century
Anglican
I was a derision. —The personal experience of the prophet breaks through the succession of imagery. The arrows that pierc…
Baptist
I was a derision to all my people; and their song all the day.
He hath filled me with bitterness, he hath made me drunken with …
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16th Century
Protestant
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 …
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
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13th Century
Catholic
Second, he describes the affliction of the punishment. The phrase into my reins signifies the wantonness of the people. The term
