Jeremiah 10:19 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 10:17-25

In these verses, I. The prophet threatens, in God's name, the approaching ruin of Judah and Jerusalem, Jer. 10:17, 18. The Jews that continued in their own land, after some were carried into captivity, were very secure; they thought themselves inhabitants of a fortress; their country was their strong hold, and, in their own conceit, impregnable; but they are here told to think of leaving it: they must prepare to go after their brethren, and pack up their effects in expectation of it: ?Gather... 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

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:19

This is a grief, and I must bear it - Oppressive as it is, I have deserved it, and worse; but even in this judgment God remembers mercy. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:19

Verse 19 The Prophet here no doubt speaks in the name of the whole people; for he saw that no one was moved by threatenings, though very grievous and severe; and this mode of speaking must be sufficiently known to us, for it is commonly used by all the prophets. They first, addressed the people; but when they saw that they produced no effect, in order to shew their indignation, they speak of themselves as in the presence of God: thus they rebuked the hardness and torpidity of men. So now does... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:1-25

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:17-22

This passage connects itself immediately with Jeremiah 9:1-26 ; where the invasion of Judah and the dispersion of its inhabitants have been foretold. Here, after describing dramatically the departure of the latter into exile, the prophet reports a distinct revelation of the same fact, so that this can no longer be assumed to be mere imaginative rhetoric. The Jewish people is then introduced, lamenting her sad fate, but expressing resignation. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:19

It is rather doubtful (as in the parallel passage, Jeremiah 4:19-21 ) whether the speaker here is the prophet, or "the daughter of my people," who, in Jeremiah 6:26 , is called upon to "make most bitter lamentation." Of course, the prophet cannot dissociate himself from his people; and we rosy therefore, perhaps, consider both references united. Hurt ; literally, breach ; a term so used for political calamities. A grief ; rather, my grief ; but "grief" is meant to include both... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:19

Grief borne that cannot be cured. I. AN INSTANCE OF THE POWER OF TRUE RELIGION . His sorrow was intense. No one could understand or sympathize with it. Yet he is able to put it under and, although not removing it wholly, to bear it. This is alike removed from self-indulgence and stoicism. II. THE CONSIDERATIONS THAT AFFECTED HIM IN THIS WAY . He had to finish his task. It was practical, and could admit of no interruption. The sense of duty is,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:19

Submission. I. THE GRIEF CONTEMPLATED . It is told of in Jeremiah 10:17 , etc. And it wan indeed great; the "wound was grievous;" for; 1. It was universal . It affected all classes and in all ways, in mind, body, and estate. 2. So severe . It was not a " light affliction ," but " the iron entered into their souls." 3. And it was self-caused . The fangs of remorse were fastened in them by the consciousness they could not escape, that they had brought... 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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 10:17-25

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:19

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:1-25

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:17-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:19

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:19

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

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