Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 20:11

11 But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one : therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail , they shall be greatly ashamed , for they shall not prosper , their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten .

The Prophet recovering himself out of his fit of Passion, incourageth himself in his God, whom he calls the mighty and terrible one, so declaring his faith▪ in the power of God, as one able to save him, and in the promise and good will of God toward him; therefore he saith, the Lord is with me, such was the promise of God to this Prophet when he first undertook the Prophetical Office, chap. 1.8. Be not afraid of their faces, for I am with thee to deliver thee saith the Lord.

From hence he concludeth, that though he had many that pursued after his life, yet they should stumble in their wayes of violence, and should not prevail.

That they should either be ashamed of, what they had done or be brought to shame for, what they had done.

For prosper they should not, or they acted like Fools, and did not deal prudently for themselves (so this word is translated Isa. 52.13.)

They should come to a reproach and ignominy, and their reproach should not be like his for a time, but it should be a lasting, perpetual reproach that should not be forgotten. This was not onely written for that generation, but for all generations that are yet to come, and hath been made good in the experience of all ages past. The persecuters of Gods Ministers have found that God hath been with his Ministers according to his Promise, Matth. 28.20. and that they have stumbled in their way, and not at last prevailed, that they have not acted prudently for their own good, and the good of their Families; that a perpetual ignominy clave to the memory of those who have been employed in this work. There stands to this day a blot upon the memory of them who persecuted Isaiah, Ieremy, &c. The Apostles, and such faithful Ministers as have been since their time.

Marginal references: chap. 15.20. & 17.18.; chap. 23.40.