Thy words were found, and I did eat them; and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart: for I am called by thy name, O LORD God of hosts.
Ver. 16. Thy words were found, and I did eat them.] I was well apaid of thy messages that came at first to me, and of that commission thou gavest me to be a prophet; yea, I took no small delight and complacence therein; and having found this honey, I ate it; as Pro 25:16 but since I have met with much bitterness in this wicked world for my plain dealing. See Eze 3:3 Revelation 10:10. Herodotus writeth of the river Hypanis, that for five days' journey the water of it runneth clear and sweet; and then, for four days' journey farther, bitter and brackish. The ministry is an honourable and comfortable function, but hath its troubles and encumbrances.