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Jer_31:19 Surely after that I was turned, I repented; and after that I was instructed, I smote upon [my] thigh: I was ashamed, yea, even confounded, because I did bear the reproach of my youth.
Ver. 19. Surely after that I was turned, I repented.] After that I had turned short again upon myself, as those penitents, {1Ki_8:47} as Manasseh, the publican, {Luk_18:13} and that prodigal. {Luk_15:17}
And after that I was instructed.] Postquam ostensum fuerit mihi. {a} After that I knew myself, or rather was made known to myself - scil., by mine afflictions sanctified; for Schola crucis, schola lucis. The followers of the cross are the followers of light. Afflictions are those pillulae lucis, that serve notably to clear the soul’s eye sight.
I smote upon my thigh,] {b} Sicut mulierculae in puerperio facere solent, saith Luther, as travailing women use to do. It is a token of greatest grief. See Eze_21:12.
I was ashamed, yea, even confounded.] Abashed and abased to the utmost; my sorrow was deep and downright.
Because I did bear the reproach of my youth,] i.e., The brunt and burden of my reproachful practices in my youth. See Job_13:26 Psa_25:7.
{a} Tremel., In Gloss. Marginal.
{b} Homer hath it oft ðåðëçãåôï ìçñù , he smote on his thigh. Cicero hath the like, lib. iii. Tuscul.