Jeremiah 20:17

Ecclesiastes 6:3; Job 10:18; Job 10:19; Job 3:10; Job 3:11; Job 3:16

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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 neverthele...
Arno Geneva Study Bible

Because he slew me not at my birth; or that my mother might have been my grave, and she had not been (k) delivered. (k) Meaning that the fruit of it...
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...
Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

After having denounced his imprecations on his birth-day, and on the messenger who had wished to convey joy to his father, Jeremiah now expostu...
Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me .
Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Because— Because I was not slain in the womb, so that my mother might have been my grave, even the womb of her that conceived me, for ever. RE...
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed. The contrast between the spirit of this passage an...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

Because he slew me not... — The wish that he had never been born is uttered by the prophet in strange, bold language. It would have been better tha...
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...
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 impr...
Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

So great a contrast there is between the last verse of the preceding paragraph and the beginning of this, that I cannot but suppose the Prophet is no...
John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Because he slew me not from the womb ,.... As soon as he came out of it; that is, as soon as he was born; either because God slew him not so soon, a...
John Trapp Complete Commentary

Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb [to be] always great [with me]. Ver. 17. Because he...
Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Cursed be the man , &c. As in the forms of rejoicing upon a birth-day they blessed every person and thing concerned in the birth, and said, Ble...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Prophet's Impatient Appeal. B. C. 600....
Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

These various expressions do only let us see to what a tide passion swelled in this good man's heart, and teach us how much need we have to pray to b...
Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah Curses The Day Of His Birth ( Jeremiah 20:14-18 ). This passage closes off the section with a heart rending call by Jeremiah that the day...
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...
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 te...
The Biblical Illustrator

An my familiars watched for my halting. Pathetic experiences In these verses we have two distinct aspects of human experience. Within this brie...
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 th...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet's Joy and Sorrow
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

because he, the person who brought the news, slew me not from the womb, or that my mother might have been my grave and her womb to be always great w...

¹⁷ Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 20:17

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Biblical Illustrator

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 20:17