Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and sorrow, that my days should be consumed with shame?
The outcry voices the prophet's profound discouragement and inward sorrow as he looked upon the sinfulness surrounding him. It arose while his hearers hardened themselves against divine appeal and refused to answer the messages sent to reclaim them. His grief therefore belonged not to outward circumstance alone but to the burden of ministering to a people who would not respond to God.
The outcry voices the prophet's profound discouragement and inward sorrow as he looked upon the sinfulness surrounding him. It arose while his hearers hardened themselves against divine appeal and refused to answer the messages sent to reclaim them. His grief therefore belonged not to outward circumstance alone but to the burden of ministering to a people who would not respond to God.