Jeremiah 15:17

“I sat not in the assembly of the mockers, nor rejoiced, etc.] With them, the mockers; or, “those that make merry”f330; as the word is rendered in (<243019>Jeremiah 30:19 31:4), and so the Targum, “those that sing;” and dance and live jovially; with these the prophet did not associate himself; such levity being unsuitable to his character as a prophet, and to those grievous messages he was charged with; and though he had joy, it was of another kind; it was not carnal, but spiritual; not outward, but inward; and what arose from the word of the Lord, being found and eaten by him. Moreover, there were some things which he was obliged by his office to deliver, that were very distressing to him,…”

“My "rejoicing" (Jer 15:16) was not that of the profane mockers (Psa 1:1; Psa 26:4-5) at feasts. So far from having fellowship with these, he was expelled from society, and made to sit "alone," because of his faithful prophecies. because of thy hand--that is, Thine inspiration (Isa 8:11; Eze 1:3; Eze 3:14). filled me with indignation--So Jer 6:11, "full of the fury of the Lord"; so full was he of the subject (God's "indignation" against the ungodly) with which God had inspired him, as not to be able to contain himself from expressing it. The same comparison by contrast between the effect of inspiration, and that of wine, both taking a man out of himself, occurs (Act 2:13, Act 2:15, Act 2:18).”

“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…”

“I sat not - God had all along filled his mouth with such dreadful messages, that his whole prophetical life had been to him a time of mourning and solitude, a time when he sat alone, mourning and weeping in secret for the wrath of God revealed to him against his people. Jeremiah 15:18”

“sat not: Psa 1:1, Psa 26:4, Psa 26:5; Co2 6:17 sat alone: Jer 13:17; Lam 3:28; Eze 3:24, Eze 3:25; Dan 7:28 for: Jer 1:10, Jer 6:11, Jer 20:8, Jer 20:9 Jeremiah 15:18”