Jer 20:15-16 | JFB | STEP | 15. A man child —The birth of a son is in the East a special subject of joy; whereas that of a daughter is often not so.

Jeremiah 20:15-16

15. A man child—The birth of a son is in the East a special subject of joy; whereas that of a daughter is often not so.

16. the cities—Sodom and Gomorrah.

cry . . . morning . . . noontide—that is, Let him be kept in alarm the whole day (not merely at night when terrors ordinarily prevail, but in daytime when it is something extraordinary) with terrifying war shouts, as those in a besieged city (Jer 18:22).