Jeremiah 15:16

“Thy words were found, and I did eat them, &e.] The messages he was called to deliver unto others appeared to him to be of God, and they were as welcome to him as food is to a hungry man; he cheerfully received them, treasured them up in his memory, digested them in his mind, and carefully retained them. So the doctrines of the Gospel, which are the words of God, and not of men, when by searching and close application they are found in the Scriptures, and under the ministry of the word, they are food to souls, sweet, savoury, wholesome, nourishing, and strengthening; not as merely heard externally, or only assented unto, or superficially tasted of; but when eaten, as Ezekiel’s roll was by…”

“eat-- (Eze 2:8; Eze 3:1, Eze 3:3; Rev 10:9-10). As soon as Thy words were found by me, I eagerly laid hold of and appropriated them. The Keri reads, "Thy word." thy word . . . joy-- (Job 23:12; Psa 119:72, Psa 119:111; compare Mat 13:44). called by thy name--I am Thine, Thy minister. So the antitype, Jesus Christ (Exo 23:21).”

“This is the prayer of a man in bitter grief, whose human nature cannot at present submit to the divine will. God’s long-suffering toward the wicked seemed to the prophet to be the abandonment of himself to death; justice itself required that one who was suffering contumely for God’s sake should be delivered. Rebuke - i. e., reproach, contumely. Jeremiah 15:16 Thy words were found - Jeremiah’s summons to the prophetic office had not been expected or sought for by him. I did eat them - i. e., I received them with joy. This eating of the divine words expresses also the close union between that which came from God and the prophet’s own being. I am called by thy name - i. e., I am consecrated to…”

“Thy words - The words which from time to time thou didst reveal to me, were by me greedily digested. I am called - I became a prophet by thy authority, therefore, do thou own and defend me. Jeremiah 15:17”

“15:16-17 Jeremiah was glad to declare God’s word, even though it meant that he could not participate in the merry feasts of his sinful people. He protested the apparent injustice he had suffered (15:18).”

“I did: Eze 3:1-3; Rev 10:9 thy word: Job 23:12; Psa 19:10, Psa 119:72, Psa 119:97, Psa 119:101-103, Psa 119:111 I am called by thy name: Heb. thy name is called upon me, Jer 14:9 \*marg. Jeremiah 15:17”