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Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 10:1-25

CHAPTER 10 The Vanity of Idols 1. Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven (Jeremiah 10:1-5 ) 2. The contrast: The vanity of idols and the Lord, the King of Nations (Jeremiah 10:6-18 ) 3. The affliction of the prophet and his prayer (Jeremiah 10:19-25 ) Jeremiah 10:1-5 . The heathen paid attention to the signs of heaven, such as eclipses, comets, meteoric showers, etc. They were dismayed at these things. All they did, their customs and observances in connection with idol worship, was... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 10:1-25

PERSECUTED IN HIS HOME TOWN The length of this lesson may alarm, but preparation for it only requires the reading of the chapters two or three times. One who has gone through Isaiah will soon catch the drift of the Spirit’s teaching and be able to break up the chapters into separate discourses and the discourses into their various themes. The main object of the lesson is to dwell on the prophet’s personal experience in his home town which is reached in the closing chapters. It is thought... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - Jeremiah 10:7-24

Jeremiah's Study of Providence Jer 10:7-24 The prophet is now in the midst of a review of the whole situation of which he himself constituted a living part; he is looking round and making notes; we have the advantage of reading his journal. It is an advantage to read what a man of such large mental capacity had to say respecting the religion and politics and the general civilisation of his day. We are accustomed to speak of the tears of Jeremiah; sometimes his tears were sparks of fire. He... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 10:1-16

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 plain, that they can need no comment. Isaiah had it in commission, to preach to the same amount: and he hath done it in the most sublime manner. Isaiah 44:9-21 . And let the Reader observe in the close of this paragraph, how sweetly the Lord speaks of the Israel of God: as the Lord's portion and the... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:1-16

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 customs of the heathen. Let us stand in awe, and not dare provoke God, by giving that glory to another which is due to him alone. He is ready to forgive, and save all who repent and believe in the name of his Son Jesus Christ. Faith learns these blessed truths from the word of God; but all knowledge not... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 10:1-16

The Nothingness of Idols v. 1. Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel! those who now survived as the representatives of the former great nation. v. 2. Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, in becoming accustomed to their idolatrous worship, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven, filled with the fear which caused the Gentile nations to associate various perils with the movements of comets, with the occurrence of eclipses, and other... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 10:1-25

LATER ADDITION: WARNING AGAINST IDOLATRYJeremiah 10:1-17a. The nothingness of idolsJer 10:1-5 11          Hear the word, which Jehovah has spoken to you,2 house of Israel!2     Thus saith Jehovah: To the way of the heathen accustom3 yourselves not,And be not affrighted at the signs of Heaven, because the heathen are affrighted at them;3     For the institutions of the nations—breath are they!For as a forest tree have they been cut out,—For the work4 of the hands of the artificer, with an... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 10:1-25

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 idols and Jehovah. He described the vanity of idols. They were the work of the hands of man. They were unable to move, but had to be carried. In contrast, he declared the majesty of Jehovah. Continuing the contrast, he described the weakness of idols, and the might of the true and living God.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:1-16

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 10:1-16 ). This passage, in a sequence of verses, compares the futility of idols with the greatness of YHWH. They are introduced here so as to expand on what has been said in Jeremiah 9:24 about ‘understanding and knowing YHWH’. In order to bring out what understanding and knowing YHWH means he compares Him in a fourfold way with other so-called... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:1-25

Subsection 3. In This Subsection Jeremiah Admonishes The People Concerning The False Confidence That They Have In The Inviolability Of The Temple, And In Their Sacrificial Ritual, And After Chiding Them, Calls On Them To Recognise The Kind Of God That They Are Dealing With (Jeremiah 7:1 to Jeremiah 10:25 ). Commencing with what will be the standard introductory words up to chapter 25, ‘The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH --’ (Jeremiah 7:1; compare Jeremiah 11:1; Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah... read more

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