"For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so."
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Verse Jeremiah 10:18. _I WILL SLING OUT THE INHABITANTS OF THE LAND_]
I will _project_ you with _violence_ from your country. I will send
you all into captivity. This discourse, from Jeremiah 10:17, i...
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SLING OUT - A similar metaphor for violent ejection occurs in Isaiah
22:18 (see the note).
AT THIS ONCE - Or, “at this time.” Previous invasions had ended
either in deliverance, or at most in tempora...
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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 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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I WILL SLING. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Adjunct), for all
that is signified by it. Compare Isaiah 22:17; Isaiah 22:18.
FIND IT SO. discover the truth of it....
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Du. and Co. omit these _vv_., Du. rejecting 20, 21 also, while Gi.
omits Jeremiah 10:18. See note on it....
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BEHOLD, I WILL SLING, &C.— _Behold, I will inclose as in a net the
inhabitants of this land; and will surround them with a siege, that
they may perceive me to be their avenger._ Houb. _That they may f...
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C. The Folly of Forsaking God Jeremiah 10:17-22
TRANSLATION
(17) Gather your bundle from the land, you who dwell in the siege.
(18) For thus says the LORD! Behold, I am about to hurl out the
inhabita...
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For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of
the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it
so.
SLING OUT - expressing the violence and suddenness of...
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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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I WILL SLING OUT. — The same bold metaphor, though not the same
word, for violent expulsion, is found in the prophecy of the fate of
Shebna (Isaiah 22:18).
THAT THEY MAY FIND IT SO. — In the Hebrew, t...
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כִּֽי ־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה הִנְנִ֥י
קֹולֵ֛עַ אֶת ־יֹושְׁבֵ֥י הָ אָ֖רֶץ
בַּ † פַּ֣עַם הַ...
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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 finished whole. The only possible exception Jeremiah 10:1
shall be...
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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
Jeremiah 10:1-10
We are here intr...
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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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_Found by the enemy. Hebrew also, "find" me, being taught by
affliction, chap. xxix. 13. (Calmet) --- Entering into sentiments of
penance, they shall say, Woe, &c. (Haydock)_...
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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...
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Then follows the reason, _For thus saith Jehovah, Behold, I will with
a sling cast out the inhabitants of the land _Land here is to be taken
in another sense, even for the whole country. Wherever then...
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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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FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD,.... This is a reason enforcing the
exhortation in the preceding verse, and shows that the same people
that are spoken of here are addressed there.
BEHOLD, I WILL SLING OUT TH...
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_For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of
the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find [it
so]._
Ver. 18. _BehoId, I will sling out the inhabitants of...
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_Gather up thy wares_, &c. That is, as some explain it, “Collect to
Jerusalem all that you have valuable in the country; flee thither for
refuge with your best effects; for the enemy will soon extend...
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The Prophet's Lamentation and Prayer...
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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...
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I WILL SLING OUT; it notes with how much violence, and speed, and with
ease the Chaldeans shall hurry away the people into Babylon, as the
stone doth swiftly and violently pass which is thrown out of...
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Jeremiah 10:18 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 out H7049 (H8802) time
H6471 inhabitants H3427 (H8802) land H776 distress H6887 (H8689) find
H4672 (H8799)
I will - Jeremiah 15:1-2, Jeremiah 16:13;...
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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...
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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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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 Samuel 25:29; Deuteronomy 28:63; Deuteronomy 28:64; Ezekiel 6:10;
Jeremiah 15:1; Jeremiah 15:2; Jeremiah 16:13; Jeremiah 23:20;
Zechariah 1:6...
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Sing out — It denotes with how much violence and ease the Chaldeans
shall hurry away the people into Babylon. And therefore it is said at
this once, I will make one thorough quick work of it. May find...