Jeremiah 17:18

“Let them be confounded that persecute me, etc.] With words with reproaches, with scoffs and jeers, saying, “where is the word of the Lord?” (<241714>Jeremiah 17:14); let such be ashamed that scoffingly put such a question, by seeing the accomplishment of it: but let not me be confounded; who have delivered it out as the word of the Lord, that should be surely fulfilled; let not me be brought to shame by the failure of it and be reckoned as a false prophet: let them be dismayed; terrified and affrighted when they shall see the judgments of God coming upon them, which they have jeeringly called for: but let not me be dismayed; by their not coming, or when they shall come; but preserve and…”

“destroy . . . destruction--"break them with a double breach," Hebrew (Jer 14:17). On "double," see on Jer 16:18.”

“In the rest of the prophecy Jeremiah dwells upon the moral faults which had led to Judah’s ruin. Jeremiah 17:6 Like the heath - Or, “like a destitute man” Psalms 102:17. The verbs “he shall see” (or fear) and “shall inhabit” plainly show that a man is here meant and not a plant. Jeremiah 17:8 The river - Or, “water-course” Isaiah 30:25, made for purposes of irrigation. Shall not see - Or, “shall not fear Jeremiah 17:6.” God’s people feel trouble as much as other people, but they do not fear it because they know (1) that it is for their good, and (2) that God will give them strength to bear it. Jeremiah 17:9 The train of thought is apparently this: If the man is so blessed Jeremiah 17:7-8 who…”

“17:18 Jeremiah wanted his persecutors to experience the shame and dismay they deserved, the very feelings that he was experiencing (17:15).”

“confounded: Jer 20:11; Psa 35:4, Psa 35:26, Psa 35:27, Psa 40:14, Psa 70:2, Psa 83:17, Psa 83:18 but let not me be confounded: Psa 25:2, Psa 25:3, Psa 71:1 the day: Jer 17:16, Jer 18:19-23 destroy them with double destruction: Heb. break them with a double breach, Jer 11:20, Jer 14:17, Jer 16:18; Job 16:14; Rev 18:6 Jeremiah 17:19”