Jeremiah 20:8 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. ”

Jeremiah 20:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

In the rest of the chapter we have an outbreak of deep emotion, of which the first part ends in a cry of hope Jeremiah 20:13 , followed nevertheless by curses upon the day of his birth. Was this t...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For since I spoke, I cried out, I cried violence and (e) spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach to me, and a derision, daily. (e) He shows that he did his office in that he reproved...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet's Troubles, Hopes, and Dark Despair. In passionate protest against his lot (possibly occasioned by the incident just related) Jeremiah complains that Yahweh has beguiled him into the wo...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The Prophet says here that he found no fruit from his labors, but on the contrary, he saw that all his efforts and endeavors had an opposite effect; for they exasperated all the Jews, inflamed...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. I cried violence and spoil - This was the burden of the me...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For since I spake— For as often as I speak, whether I cry out against injustice, or proclaim devastation, the word of JEHOVAH is turned against me into matter of reproach and derision continuall...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. Since I spake, I cried out - rather, 'Whenever I s...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply.
Jeremiah 20:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

I cried out, I cried. — The two Hebrew words are not, as in the English, alike, the first being the cry of complaint, the second of protest: When I speak (the tense implies from the beginning of...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER XIII JEREMIAH UNDER PERSECUTION Jeremiah 20:1-18 THE prophet has now to endure something more than a scornful rejection of his message. "And Pashchur ben Immer the priest" (he was chie...
Jeremiah 20:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The story of the persecution which this action stirred up against him follows. Pashur heard the prophecy, and, smiting the prophet, arrested and imprisoned him. On the following day Jeremiah, being b...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet's complaint to the Lord, of being deceived, means being disappointed. Jeremiah concluded, (but too hastily) that the people would regard his preaching, coming from the Lord, and in the Lo...
Jeremiah 20:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For since I spake, I cried out ,.... Or, "when I speak, I cry" a; whensoever I speak in the name of the Lord, and deliver message from him to the people, I lift up my voice and cry aloud, that all m...
Jeremiah 20:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil; because the word of the LORD was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily. Ver. 8. For since I spake, I cried out, ] i.e., Ev...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For since I spake, I cried out, I cried violence and spoil Or, rather, as Houbigant renders it, For since I spake, and cried against iniquity, and denounced desolation, the word of the Lord , &amp...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet's Impatient Appeal. B. C. 600. 7 O L ORD , thou hast deceived me, and I wa...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

For since I spake, I cried out: if the particle be translated since , as we translate it, the meaning is, Since I first began to be a prophet, I have faithfully discharged my prophetical office, a...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah Is So Distraught That He Berates YHWH And Points Out How Tough He Is Finding Things, And Yet He Admits That He Has To Speak Out Whether He Likes It Or Not Because YHWH's Word Is Like A Burn...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter . With chap. 20 the first section of this book closes. Probably this was Jeremiah’s last public prophecy in Jehoiakim’s reign, and formed...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 20:3 . The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, which signifies security or increase; but Magormissabib, a terror on every side, or terrors of a captivity. Pashur believed the prophet,...
Jeremiah 20:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Jeremiah 20:1 The continuation of the preceding narrative. Pashur the son of Trainer. This man belonged to the sixteenth of the sacerdotal families or classes ( 1 Chronicles 24...
Jeremiah 20:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet's Joy and Sorrow
Jeremiah 20:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Peter 4:14 ; 2 Chronicles 36:16 ; Hebrews 11:26 ; Hebrews 13:13 ; Jeremiah 13:13 ; Jeremiah 13:14 ; Jeremiah 15:13 ; Jeremiah 15:14 ; Jeremiah 15:1-4 ; Jeremiah 17:27 ; Jeremiah 18:16 ;...
Jeremiah 20:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Since — Since I first began to be a prophet, I have faithfully discharged my office, and that with warmth and zeal. Spoil — I have prophesied that violence and spoil was coming. Because — Because o...

Jeremiah 20:8 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 20:8 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 20:8 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 20:8 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 20:8 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 20:8 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 20:8 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 20:8 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 20:8 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 20:8 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 20:8 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 20:8 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes