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Verse Jeremiah 10:13. _WHEN HE UTTERETH HIS VOICE_, THERE IS _A
MULTITUDE OF_ _WATERS_] This is a plain allusion to a storm of thunder
and lightning, and the abundance of rain which is the consequenc...
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WHEN ... - i. e., the rushing downpour of rain follows immediately
upon the thunder. The rest of the verse is identical with marginal
reference; but probably the words belong to Jeremiah, the Psalm be...
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CHAPTER 10
The Vanity of Idols
_ 1. Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven (Jeremiah 10:1) _
2. The contrast: The vanity of idols and the Lord, the King of Nations
(Jeremiah 10:6)
3. The afflictio...
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THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY, This passage (like Jeremiah 9:23) interrupts
the connexion of Jeremiah 9:22 and Jeremiah 10:17; its denunciation of
the idols of the heathen as utterly futile for good or evil r...
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WIND. Hebrew. _ruach._ App-9....
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Jeremiah 10:1-16. The folly of idolatry
It is now generally recognised that this passage is a later
insertion, for (_a_) it breaks the connexion between Jeremiah 9:1-22
and Jeremiah 10:17 ff.; while...
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See summary at commencement of the ch....
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The creation of all things, and in particular the phenomena of the
tempest, are appealed to as signs of Jehovah's supremacy....
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Repeated Jeremiah 51:15-19....
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_when he uttereth his voice, etc_.] The sense is plain, though the
form of the Hebrew in MT. is peculiar, and hence the alternative in
mg. _at the sound of his giving an abundance of waters_, continui...
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WHEN HE UTTERETH HIS VOICE, &C.— "When the Almighty utters his
voice, or sends his thunders abroad, the clouds immediately
precipitate in torrents of rain; and as God causes the vapours to
ascend in c...
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B. The Incomparable God of Israel Jeremiah 10:6-16
TRANSLATION
(6) There is none like You O LORD; great are You and great is Your
name in power. (7) Who would not fear You, O King of the nations; for...
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When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the
heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the
earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind...
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1-16. The folly of idolatry.
This section of the prophecy is of doubtful authorship. For (_a_) it
introduces a break in the sense; (_b_) there is less smoothness
between the parts than we generally fi...
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The ascent of the vapours in clouds is spoken of poetically, as though
it were the consequence of the thunder (HIS VOICE), because it is seen
to follow it....
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A MULTITUDE OF WATERS. — Better, _a rush of waters,_ following on
the thunder, which is thought of as the voice of God (comp. Psalms
29:3). The prophet finds the tokens of Almighty Power alike in the...
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לְ קֹ֨ול תִּתֹּ֜ו הֲמֹ֥ון מַ֨יִם֙ בַּ
†...
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CHAPTER VI
THE IDOLS OF THE HEATHEN AND THE GOD OF ISRAEL
Jeremiah 10:1
THIS fine piece is altogether isolated from the surrounding context,
which it interrupts in a very surprising manner. Neither...
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Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 9:1; Jeremiah 10:1; Jeremiah 26:1
In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is
plainly a fin
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THE FOLLY OF IDOLATRY
Jeremiah 10:1-10; Jeremiah 19:1-15; Jeremiah 20:1-18; Jeremiah
21:1-14; Jeremiah 22:1-30; Jeremiah 23:1-40; Jeremiah 24:1-10;
Jeremiah 25:1-38...
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Here begins the third movement in the commissioning of the prophet. In
it the sin of idolatry is first dealt with. The prophet revealed the
unutterable folly of idolatry in a powerful contrast between...
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_Voice. Thunder, (Psalm xxviii. 3.) which is usually the forerunner of
rain. Lightning is occasioned by the inflamed exhalations of
conflicting clouds._...
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This is most striking sermon, and very highly finished, in which the
Prophet, in the Lord's name, asserts his divine nature and
sovereignty: and then displays the folly of idols. The words are so
plai...
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The Prophet then descends to the other works of God, to those which
are changeable, for there is in nature a perpetual constancy as to the
heavens and the earth; and there are many things subject to c...
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In chapter 10 the idols and the vanities of the nations are put in
contrast with Jehovah. In Verses 19-25 (Jeremiah 10:19-25) we have the
affliction of the prophet, speaking of the desolation of Jerus...
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WHEN HE UTTERETH HIS VOICE,.... Declares his will and pleasure, issues
out his commands; or when he thunders, for thunder is his voice, Job
37:2:
THERE IS A MULTITUDE OF WATERS IN THE HEAVENS; they a...
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When he uttereth his voice, [there is] a multitude of waters in the
heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the
earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the win...
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_He hath made the earth_, &c. Here follows a noble and lofty
description of God's power and providence, whereby he sets forth his
infinite pre-eminence above all the dead and senseless idols of the
wo...
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When He uttereth His voice, when He causes it to thunder, THERE IS A
MULTITUDE OF WATERS IN THE HEAVENS, or, "a heaving of waters in the
heavens," as the clouds come rolling along in heavy masses, AND...
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THE NOTHINGNESS OF IDOLS...
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MULTITUDE:
Or, noise
WITH RAIN:
Or, for rain...
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1-16 The prophet shows the glory of Israel's God, and exposes the
folly of idolaters. Charms and other attempts to obtain supernatural
help, or to pry into futurity, are copied from the wicked custom...
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As in the former verse he relates God's unspeakable power and wisdom
in his creating and fixing the stated order of things; so here he
further sets it forth in his providential ordering and disposing...
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THE HOUSE OF ISRAEL ARE NOT TO LEARN THE WAY OF THE NATIONS BECAUSE,
WHILE YHWH IS GREAT BEYOND DESCRIBING, THEIR IDOLS ARE UTTERLY FUTILE
(JEREMIAH 10:1).
This passage, in a sequence of verses, compa...
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Jeremiah 10:1. _Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O
house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the
heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen...
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CONTENTS: Message in the temple gate, concluded. Greatness of the true
God. Coming distresses in the land because of sin.
CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah.
CONCLUSION: Jehovah is the one only living and tr...
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Jeremiah 10:2. _Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven;_ at the
position of revolving planets on which the augurs found predictions,
and discover their ignorance. Be not dismayed at solar eclipses, at...
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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
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. Section
1–16 has been declared spurious (by De Wette, Movers, and Hitzig),
its authenticity disputed, a late interpolation by either the
ps...
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EXPOSITION
Whoever wrote the prophecy in Jeremiah 10:1 of this chapter, it was
not Jeremiah; but of course, as the passage forms part of a canonical
book, its claims to the character of a Scripture re...
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Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:
Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not
dismayed at the signs of heaven [or the Zodiac]; for the heathen...
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1 Kings 18:41; 1 Kings 18:45; 1 Kings 18:46; 1 Samuel 12:17;...
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When — As in the former verse he relates God's unspeakable power and
wisdom in his creating and fixing the stated order of things, so here
he farther sets it forth in his providential ordering and dis...