JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 10:3 IDOLS are made by people, so idols have no power to SPEAK or act. Serving them makes no sense (Isaiah 44:9). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 10:8 Taking INSTRUCTION from IDOLS is foolish. Idols may be made of the finest materials by the finest craftsman, but they remain human creations. TARSHISH represents the ends of the earth. The location of UPHAZ is unknown. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 10:11 All false gods SHALL PERISH. They were created by humans, but the living God MADE and ESTABLISHED THE WORLD by WISDOM and UNDERSTANDING (Jeremiah 51:15). The false gods’ “instruction” (Jeremiah 10:8) makes people foolish, while God’s instruction makes people wise. ⇐... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 10:19 Jerusalem expresses her woes (Lamentations 1:20; Lamentations 2:20). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 10:21 SHEPHERDS. Judah’s leaders (see note on 3:15). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 10:23 Jeremiah turns to God for wisdom (vv. Jeremiah 10:11), for he needs God TO DIRECT HIS STEPS. He knows God can CORRECT a person, and only does so justly (Hebrews 12:5). He asks that the idolatrous NATIONS attacking Judah may soon receive divine correction. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]