Jer 15:16 | JFB | STEP | 16. eat — ( ). As soon as Thy words were found by me, I eagerly laid hold of and appropriated them. The Keri reads, "Thy word. " thy word . . . joy — ( ; compare ). called by thy name —I am Thine, Thy minister. So the antitype, Jesus Christ ( ).

Jeremiah 15:16

16. eat— (Eze 2:8; 3:1, 3; Re 10:9, 10). As soon as Thy words were found by me, I eagerly laid hold of and appropriated them. The Keri reads, "Thy word."

thy word . . . joy— (Job 23:12; Ps 119:72, 111; compare Mt 13:44).

called by thy name—I am Thine, Thy minister. So the antitype, Jesus Christ (Ex 23:21).