Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 10:24
Verse Jeremiah 10:24. Correct me, but with judgment] Let not the punishment be to the uttermost of the demerit of the offence; else we shall be brought to nothing-totally and irrecoverably ruined.
Verse Jeremiah 10:24. Correct me, but with judgment] Let not the punishment be to the uttermost of the demerit of the offence; else we shall be brought to nothing-totally and irrecoverably ruined.
The lamentation of the daughter of Zion, the Jewish Church, at the devastation of the land, and her humble prayer to God for mercy. Jeremiah 10:19 GRIEVOUS - Rather, “mortal,” i. e., fatal, incurabl...
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...
THE DEPARTURE INTO EXILE. The personified community is told to pick up its bundle (_mg.),_ and prepare for the inevitable exile. She bewails her hurt and her spoilt dwelling. These troubles, says the...
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Exile is at hand. Appeal to Jehovah in His wrath to remember mercy The utterances, interrupted by Jeremiah 9:23-26, and Jeremiah 10:1-16, are now continued. The passage has apparently suffered both b...
See summary before Jeremiah 10:17. Stade, Du. and others (so Gi. in 1905, see his _Metrik_, p. 23) consider the passage to be the work of a supplementer. Gi. already in his Commentary (1894) surrender...
_correct_ See on Jeremiah 2:19. _with judgement_ in a judicial spirit, in measure. Cp. Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 46:28....
D. A Prophetic Prayer Jeremiah 10:23-25 TRANSLATION (23) I know, O LORD, that a man's way is not his own and that a man in walking cannot direct his step (24) Chastise me, O LORD, but in measure, not...
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Since I (my nation) must be corrected (justice requiring it because of the deep guilt of the nation), I do...
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...
WITH JUDGMENT. — The rendering is accurate, but the idea is, perhaps, better expressed by the translation of the same word in Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 46:28 as “in measure.” In either case the discipl...
יַסְּרֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה אַךְ ־בְּ מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אַל...
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
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...
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...
O LORD, correct me, but with (q) judgment; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. (q) Considering that God had revealed to him the certainty of their captivity (Jeremiah 7:16) he only prays...
_Judgment. Chap xxx. 11., and Psalm vi. 1. Justice is not contrary to mercy. (Calmet)_...
The Prophet gets back again to his old subject. The prospect of the Babylonish captivity so affected the Prophet's heart, that he could harp upon no other string. And observe, how the man of God gives...
The Prophet again indirectly reproves and condemns the stupor of the people, because he saw that all his threatenings were despised. They had indeed been often punished, and they thought that they had...
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...
O LORD, CORRECT ME, BUT WITH JUDGMENT,.... The prophet here represents the body of the Jewish nation, especially the godly among them; he considers the troubles coming upon the nation as a correction...
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Ver. 24. _O Lord, correct me; but with judgment,_] _a_ _i.e., _ In mercy and in measure. Correction is not si...
_O Lord, correct me_ I do not entirely deprecate all chastisement; I know we deserve correction, and am willing to accept it; persuaded that it is necessary for our purification and amendment; _but_ l...
The Prophet's Lamentation and Prayer...
O Lord, correct me, but with judgment, with a moderation guided by the exact demands of the case, in order to lead the repentant sinner on the way of righteousness; NOT IN THINE ANGER, as in the case...
BRING ME TO NOTHING: _ Heb._ diminish me...
17-25 The Jews who continued in their own land, felt secure. But, sooner or later, sinners will find all things as the word of God has declared, and that its threatenings are not empty terrors. Submi...
O LORD, CORRECT ME: q.d. Seeing thou wilt bring the Chaldeans upon us to punish us for our sins, let it be a correction only, not a destruction and utter ruin. BUT WITH JUDGMENT; let it be in measure,...
Jeremiah 10:24 LORD H3068 correct H3256 (H8761) justice H4941 anger H639 nothing H4591 (H8686) correct -...
YHWH NOTIFIES JUDAH OF HIS INTENTION TO SLING THEM OUT OF HIS LAND AND PUNISH THEM, AND THEY EXPRESS THEIR GRIEF AS THEY LOOK PROPHETICALLY AT HIS HAVING DONE SO. THE SOUND OF THE INVADERS IS HEARD AN...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Habakkuk 3:2; Isaiah 40:23; Isaiah 41:11; Isaiah 41:12; Jeremiah 30:1
Correct me — Seeing thou wilt punish us, let it be a correction only, not a destruction. Let it be in measure; in the midst of judgment remember mercy. Anger — Lest if thou shouldst let out thy fury u...