Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Rather, "Whenever I speak, I cry out. Concerning violence and spoil, I (am compelled to) cry out," that is, complain [MAURER]. English Version in the last clause is more graphic, "I cried violence and spoil" (Jeremiah 6:7)! I could not speak in a calm tone; their desperate wickedness compelled me to "cry out."
because—rather, "therefore," the apodosis of the previous sentence; because in discharging my prophetic functions, I not merely spake, but cried; and cried, violence . . . ; therefore the word of the Lord was made a reproach to me (Jeremiah 20:7).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 20:8:
Jeremiah 6:10
Habakkuk 1:2-3
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