Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 20:8

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8. Rather, " Whenever I speak, I cry out. Concerning violence and spoil, I (am compelled to) cry out," that is, complain [MAURER]. English Version in the last clause is more graphic, "I cried violence and spoil" ( :- )! I could not speak in a calm tone; their desperate wickedness compelled me to "cry out." because —rather, "therefore," the apodosis of the previous sentence; because in discharging my prophetic functions, I not merely spake, but cried; and cried, violence . . . ; therefore the word of the Lord was made a reproach to me ( :- ). return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-9" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-jer-20-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/jer-20-8

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
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