Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 14:9

9 Why shouldst thou be as a man astonied ? as a mighty man that cannot save ? yet thou O LORD art in the midst of us , and we are called by thy name , leave us not .

The Hebrew word here used being [illegible: 1 letter]ound in no place of Holy Writ but this, hath given interpreters a liberty to translate it variously, sleepy, weak, astonished, frighted, like a man in such disorder through some great passions, that he is able to do nothing.

Like a man who in his own nature is strong and mighty enough, but through sickness or passion is so weakned, that he cannot put forth his strength for the succour and relief of his friends.

Yet (saith the Prophet) thou art in the middest of us, that is we have thy Temple to which thou hast promised thy special presence, or rather it is to be understood of the whole Land, according to what God had declared, Num. 5.3. and 35.34. Defile not the Land which ye shall inhabit, wherein I dwell: for I the Lord dwell among the Children of Israel.

That is, we are called the Lords People, and that not only by others amongst whom we have that repute, but by thy self. God often calleth this people in Scripture, his people, his portion.

Therefore he begs that God would not leave them, he means as to that special providence; by which he had formerly watched over them, and cared for them, and been a protection to them, nor as to his Ordinances, and his special gracious presence with them in his Temple.

Marginal references: Heb. thy name is called upon us.