Jeremiah 10:8-24 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:16

The portion of Jacob is not like them ,.... Like those idols, vain, and the work of errors, or shall perish; even the true God, who is the portion of his people, of Jacob, whom he has chosen and redeemed; who call themselves by the name of Jacob, and are Israelites indeed, and plain hearted ones; and who have seen the insufficiency of all other portions, and the excellency of this; for there is none like it, none so large, so rich, so satisfying, and so durable; for God is the portion of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:17

Gather up thy wares out of the land ,.... Or thy merchandise, as the Targum; or thy substance, as the Septuagint; all valuable effects and goods that are movable, which might be carried from place to place. The meaning is, that the Jews would gather up their riches from the several parts of the land of Judea, and bring them to Jerusalem, a fortified place; or they would be in danger of falling into the hands of the enemy. Kimchi interprets the words as if spoken of Babylon, and directed to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:18

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 the inhabitants of the land at this once ; meaning the inhabitants of the land of Judea; or otherwise the prophet would never have expressed such a concern for them as he does in the following verse. Their captivity is signified by the slinging of a stone out of a sling, and shows how sudden,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:19

Woe is me for my hurt! .... Or "breach" F1 על שברי "propter confractionem meam", Cocceius Schmidt, ; which was made upon the people of the Jews, when besieged, taken, and carried captive; with whom the prophet heartily sympathized, and considered their calamities and distresses as his own; for these are the words of the prophet, lamenting the sad estate of his people. My wound is grievous ; causes grief, is very painful, and hard to be endured: but I said ; within himself,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:20

My tabernacle is spoiled ,.... Not the temple at Jerusalem only, rather Jerusalem itself, as Kimchi; or the whole land, as the Targum, "my land is wasted:' the allusion is to the tents of shepherds, and denotes the unstable condition of the Jewish nation: and all my cords are broken : all the rest of the cities of the land are destroyed, as Kimchi; and so the Targum, "my cities are spoiled:' as the cords are what the parts of the tabernacle or tent are fastened and kept together... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:21

For the pastors are become brutish ,.... The "kings" of Judah, so the Targum, Jarchi, and Kimchi, as Jehoiakim and Zedekiah; though it need not be restrained to these only, but may include all inferior civil magistrates, and even all ecclesiastical rulers, who were the shepherds of the people; but these being like the brute beasts, and without understanding of civil and religious things, and not knowing how to govern the people either in a political or ecclesiastical way, were the cause of... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:22

Behold the noise of the bruit is come ,.... Or, "the voice of hearing" F3 קול שמועה "vox auditionis", Pagninus, Montanus; "vox auditus", Vatablus, Calvin; "vox famae", Schmidt. ; that is, the voice heard; the report that was made that the king of Babylon had invaded the land, and was coming up to besiege Jerusalem: "and a great commotion out of the north country"; a large army from Babylon, which lay north of Judea, which came with great noise, and caused a great trembling and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:23

O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself ,.... Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it of that well known man Nebuchadnezzar, whose way was not in himself, and was not master of his own resolutions, but was under the influence and direction of divine Providence: when he set out of Babylon, he thought to have gone against the Ammonites; but when he came to a place where two ways met; the one leading to the children of Ammon, the other to Jerusalem; God changed his mind, and he steered... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:24

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 and chastisement of the Lord; he does not refuse it, or desire it might not come upon them; he knew the chastisements of a father are for good; he only entreats it might be "with judgment"; not in strict justice, as his and the sins of his people deserved, then they would not be able to bear... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:8

The stock is a doctrine of vanities - Dr. Blayney translates, - "The wood itself is a rebuker of vanities." The very tree out of which the god is hewn demonstrates the vanity and folly of the idolaters; for, can all the art of man make out of a log of wood an animate and intelligent being? read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:16

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:17

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:21

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:22

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:23

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:24

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:8

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