Jeremiah 15:15 - Exposition

O Lord, thou knowest , etc. The prophet renews his complaints. God's omniscience is the thought which comforts him (comp. Jeremiah 17:6 ; Jeremiah 18:23 ; Psalms 69:19 ). But he desires some visible proof of God's continued care for his servant. Visit me , equivalent to "be attentive to my wants "-an anthropomorphic expression for the operation of Providence. Take me not away in thy long-suffering ; i.e. "suffer not my persecutors to destroy me through the long-suffering which thou displayest towards them." "Take away," viz. my life (comp. Ezekiel 33:4 , "If the sword come and take him away"). Rebuke ; rather, reproach ; cutup. Psalms 69:7 ( Psalms 69:1-36 . is in the style of Jeremiah, and, as Delitzsch remarks, suits his circumstances better than those of David).