Jeremiah 15:9 - Exposition

That hath borne seven ; a proverbial expression. Her sun is gone down , etc. The figure is that of an eclipse (comp. Amos 9:9 ). She hath been ashamed , etc.; rather, she ashamed , etc. Ewald supposes the sun, which is sometimes feminine in Hebrew, to be the subject (comp. Isaiah 24:23 ); but the view of the Authorized Version is more probable. The shame of childlessness is repeatedly referred to (comp. Jeremiah 1:12 ; Isaiah 54:4 ; Genesis 16:4 ; Genesis 30:1 , Genesis 30:23 ).