耶利米书 10:23-25 RCUVSS

The way of man. The prophet probably speaks here not merely for himself, but in the name of the whole nation. He gives articulate utterance to the better elements of thought and feeling existing among them, their conscious shortsightedness as regards the meaning and issue of their own national experiences, their helpless dependence on the unseen Divine power that is working out through the terrible events of the time its own all-wise purposes. An important view of human life is here... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:23

The way of man not in himself. I. MAN IS NOT TO BE THE CHOOSER OF HIS WAY . "I know that the way of man is not in himself." It is surely not without significance that אָדָם is here used for "man." To the Hebrew there must always have been the opportunity of peculiar suggestions upon the occurrence of this word. Adam would rise to mind, the first man, with God's purposes for him, and his speedy calamitous departure from those purposes. God made Adam that he might... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:23-24

Confession and correction. I. GENUINE CONFESSION INVOLVES A CLEAR RECOGNITION OF DUTY AND A WILLINGNESS TO RECEIVE NECESSARY CORRECTION . 1. There must be a recognition of duty . We cannot confess the wrong till we know the right. Conscience awakes only when a standard of right outside ourselves is perceived. 2. There must be a willingness to receive necessary correction . If we make honest confession of sin, we imply that we desire to be free... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:23-25

These verses confirm the view taken above, of the speaker of this whole section. Jeremiah and the people, each is, in a sense, the speaker; but hero the prophetic faith seems to run rather in advance of that of his fellow-countrymen. They form, however, a fitting sequel to the charges brought against the people in Jeremiah 9:1-26 . The speaker admits that he (either the People of Judah personified, or Jeremiah as a representative of its best portion) fully deserves chastisement for having... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:23-25

Fruits of a chastened spirit. From what foul soil do the fairest flowers spring! Beautiful as they are, they are rooted in that which is altogether unbeautiful. The sweet perfume of many woods, seeds, flowers, will not be given forth until they are gashed with the axe, or bruised, or crushed, or otherwise seemingly maltreated. We could not have the many-hued arch of the exquisitely tinted rainbow were it not for the drear, dark clouds and the descending rain. The most precious of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:24

God's correction of his people. A preliminary difficulty is felt here, in that this earnest deprecation seems to apply to the position of an individual. Jeremiah 10:23 is easily taken as being the utterance of Jeremiah himself, but Verse 24 can only apply with propriety to the nation. Such an utterance as that of this chapter must evidently be taken as a combination made up by several speakers. Jehovah speaks; Jeremiah speaks; the nation speaks; and in such an outburst as that of Verse... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:25

This verse is repeated, with slight differences, in Psalms 79:6 , Psalms 79:7 . The fault of the heathen is that they exceeded their commission ( Isaiah 10:6 , Isaiah 10:7 ; Isaiah 47:6 ; Zechariah 1:15 ), and aimed at destroying, instead of merely punishing, Jehovah's erring people. His habitation; rather, his pasture (comp. Jeremiah 12:10 ) read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 10:19-25

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 10:19Grievous - Rather, “mortal,” i. e., fatal, incurable.A grief - Or, “my grief.”Jeremiah 10:20tabernacle - i. e., “tent.” Jerusalem laments that her tent is plundered and her children carried into exile, and so “are not,” are dead Matthew 2:18, either absolutely, or dead to her in the remote land of their captivity. They can aid the widowed mother no... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 10:23

Jeremiah 10:23. O Lord, I know, &c. The prophet now turns to God, and addresses himself to him, finding it to little purpose to speak to the people. It is some comfort to poor ministers, that, if men will not hear them, God will; and to him they have liberty of access at all times. Let them close their preaching with prayer, as the prophet here does, and then they will have no reason to complain that they have laboured in vain. That the way of man is not in himself The prophet must... read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:23-24

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:23-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:23-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:24

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:25

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 10:19-25

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 10:23

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