Jeremiah 20:16 - Exposition

As the cities which the Lord overthrow . It is, so to speak, the "technical term" for the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah which Jeremiah employs. So deeply imprinted was the tradition on the Hebrew mind, that a special word was appropriated to it, which at once called up thoughts of the awful justice of God (see Genesis 19:25 ; Isaiah 1:7 (?); Isaiah 13:19 ; Amos 4:11 ; Deuteronomy 29:23 (22) ; Jeremiah 49:18 ; Jeremiah 50:40 ). The cry … the shouting. The cry of the besieged for help; the shouting of the suddenly appearing assailants (comp. Jeremiah 15:8 ).