Isaiæ 15:16

Jerome's Latin Vulgate

Inventi sunt sermones tui, et comedi eos:
et factum est mihi verbum tuum in gaudium
et in lætitiam cordis mei,
quoniam invocatum est nomen tuum super me,
Domine Deus exercituum.

Parallel Translations

Clementine Latin Vulgate (1592)
Inventi sunt sermones tui, et comedi eos : et factum est mihi verbum tuum in gaudium et in l�titiam cordis mei, quoniam invocatum est nomen tuum super me, Domine Deus exercituum.

Nova Vulgata (1979)
Inventi sunt sermones tui, et comedi eos, et factum est mihi verbum tuum in gaudium et in laetitiam cordis mei, quoniam invocatum est nomen tuum super me, Domine, Deus exercituum.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I did: Ezekiel 3:1-3, Revelation 10:9

thy word: Job 23:12, Psalms 19:10, Psalms 119:72, Psalms 119:97, Psalms 119:101-103, Psalms 119:111

I am called by thy name: Heb. thy name is called upon me, Jeremiah 14:9, *marg.

Reciprocal: Nehemiah 8:12 - because Job 22:22 - lay up Psalms 1:2 - But his Psalms 19:8 - rejoicing Psalms 40:8 - I delight Psalms 119:14 - rejoiced Psalms 119:50 - This Psalms 119:162 - rejoice Proverbs 2:10 - General Proverbs 10:21 - feed Proverbs 16:24 - an Proverbs 22:18 - it is Proverbs 24:14 - shall the Song of Solomon 4:2 - teeth Song of Solomon 5:16 - mouth Ezekiel 2:8 - open Ezekiel 3:3 - Then Daniel 9:18 - which is called by thy name Amos 9:12 - which are called by my name Micah 2:7 - do not Luke 8:15 - keep Luke 24:32 - Did John 4:32 - I have John 6:27 - which endureth John 15:7 - my Colossians 3:16 - dwell 1 Timothy 4:6 - nourished

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 him; and which is done by faith, which receives, feeds upon, and digests the word; for, unless it is mixed with faith, it is not profitable:

and thy word was unto me the joy and rejoicing of mine heart; the messages which the prophet was sent with, even those which denounced grievous things against his people in case of impenitence, were gladly received by him, and he readily delivered them, hoping that they would be a means of bringing them to a sense of their sins, and to repentance for them, and so of preserving them from ruin; and especially those words or doctrines he had in commission to deliver, which respected the Messiah, his person, offices, kingdom, righteousness, and grace; the calling of the Gentiles, and the enlargement of the interest of Christ; the glory of his name, and the prosperity of his people in the latter day. The word of the Gospel, when received and eaten by faith, whether by ministers or people, is productive of spiritual joy and pleasure; the promises of it being exceeding precious; and the doctrines of it doctrines of grace, salvation, peace, pardon, and righteousness, by Christ, who is the sum and substance of them:

for I am called by thy name, O Lord God of hosts; what added to his joy was, that the name of the Lord was called upon him, or that he was called a prophet of the Lord: this he looked upon as a high honour done him; and what still more increased his joy was, that he was a prophet, not of Baal, that could not hear nor help his prophets and worshippers; but of the Lord God of hosts and armies, who was able to uphold him, protect and defend him, against his enemies.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 service, am ordained to be Thy prophet.

Jeremiah 15:17

Rather, “I sat not in the assembly of the laughers, and was merry.” From the time God’s words came to Jeremiah he abstained from things innocent, and a gravity came over him beyond his years.

I sat alone because of thy hand - As a person consecrated to God he would also be “separated.” See Jeremiah 1:5; compare Acts 13:2.

With indignation - The prophet thus taught of God sees the sins of the people as offences against God, and as involving the ruin of His Church.

Jeremiah 15:18

Why is my pain perpetual - i. e., Are all my labors to be in vain?

As a liar ... - Really, “as a deceitful brook,” a brook which flows only in the winter, the opposite of the “perennial stream” of Amos 5:24. Jeremiah had expected that there would be a perpetual interference of Providence in his behalf, instead whereof things seemed to take only their natural course.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 15:16. Thy word was - the joy and rejoicing of mine heart — When I did receive the prophetic message, I did rejoice in the honour thou hadst done me; and I faithfully testified thy will to them. They have become mine enemies; not because there was any evil in me, but because I was faithful to thee.