Jeremiah 20:13
Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh! 1 For he has rescued the lives of those who are oppressed from the hand of evildoers. 1
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14Let the day when I was born be cursed. 1 Do not let the day that my mother bore me be blessed. 1
Cross References
Psalms 34:6This oppressed man cried and Yahweh heard him 1 and saved him from all his troubles. 1
Psalms 35:10All my bones will say, “Yahweh, who is like you, 1 who rescues the oppressed from those who are too strong for them 1 and the poor and needy from those who try to rob them?” 1
Psalms 72:4May he judge the poor of the people; 1 may he save the children of the needy 1 and break in pieces the oppressor. 1
Isaiah 25:4For you have been a place of safety for the one who is poor, 1 a shelter for the one who is needy in his distress— 1 a shelter from the storm and a shade from the heat. 1 When the breath of the ruthless was like a storm against a wall, 1
James 2:5Listen, my beloved brothers, did not God choose the poor of the world to be rich in faith and to be heirs of the kingdom that he promised to those who love him?
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 20:8-14
The Prophet's Impatient Appeal. ( b. c. 600.) 7 O Lord , thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me. 8 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. 9 Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But his word was in mine heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing,… Read the whole commentary →