Jeremiah 14:9

9 Why should you be like a confused man, like a warrior [who] is not able to help? Yet you [are] in our midst, [O] Yahweh, and your name is called upon us. You must not leave us!

Jeremiah 14:9 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 14:9

Why shouldest thou be as a man astonied
Astonished, and so surprised as not to know what to say or do; or "asleep", as the Septuagint; taking no notice of us, and being altogether unconcerned what becomes of us; or, as one "dumb" ^F9; that will give no answer to our prayers: as a mighty man that cannot save?
who, though he is able to save, yet, through want of a heart or will, does not exert his power: yet thou, O Lord, art in the midst of us;
having his residence and dwelling in the temple at Jerusalem; and therefore was not a stranger and foreigner among them; and this carries in it an entreaty and an argument that he would not in his providence conduct towards them in such manner as though he was: and we are called by thy name;
the people of God, the Israel of God, and the like: leave us not;
in our distress and trouble, but deliver us out of it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F9 (Mhdn) "obmutefactus", Fosterus, Mercerus,

Jeremiah 14:9 In-Context

7 Although our iniquities testify against us, [O] Yahweh, act for the sake of your name. Yes, our apostasies are many; we have sinned against you.

8 [You are] the hope of Israel, its savior in time of distress. Why should you be like an alien in the land, or like a traveler who spreads out [his tent] to spend the night?

9 Why should you be like a confused man, like a warrior [who] is not able to help? Yet you [are] in our midst, [O] Yahweh, and your name is called upon us. You must not leave us!

10 Thus says Yahweh concerning this people: "They have loved so much to wander, they have not spared their feet. Therefore Yahweh is not favorable to them, now he will remember their iniquity and punish their sins."

11 So Yahweh said to me, "You must not pray for this people, for [their] happiness.