8. Since I spake, I cried out Rather, when I speak, I cry out, as if in pain or protest. The first “cried out” means to make an outcry as in danger or pain; the second cried means to call out proclaim. Such was the subversion of justice on every side the violence and spoil that he could not speak calmly, but only cry out. read more
Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:8
8. Since I spake, I cried out Rather, when I speak, I cry out, as if in pain or protest. The first “cried out” means to make an outcry as in danger or pain; the second cried means to call out proclaim. Such was the subversion of justice on every side the violence and spoil that he could not speak calmly, but only cry out. read more