18Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
If ye be reproached for the name of Christ, happy are ye; for the spirit of glory and of God resteth upon you: on their part he is evil spoken of, but on your part he is glorified. …
I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
Man that is born of a woman is of few days, and full of trouble.
For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men. …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 14-18)What is the meaning of this? Does there proceed out of the same mouth blessing and cursing ? Could he that said so cheerfully (Jer. 20:13), Sing unto the Lord, praise you the Lord , say so passionately (Jer. 20:14), Cursed be the day wherein I was born ? How shall we reconcile these? What we have in these verses the prophet records, I suppose, to his own shame, as he had recorded that in the foreg…
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