Jeremiah 10:24

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 10:24

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 10:24

Correct me, but with judgment - Let not the punishment be to the uttermost of the demerit of the offense; else we shall be brought to nothing - totally and irrecoverably ruined. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:24

Verse 24 The Prophet again indirectly reproves and condemns the stupor of the people, because he saw that all his threatenings were despised. They had indeed been often punished, and they thought that they had escaped; and though an extreme calamity was approaching, they yet supposed that God was far from them; and thus they cherished their own delusions. Hence the Prophet alone personates the whole people, and undertakes a common and public lamentation. Chastise me, Jehovah, he says, but in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 10:1-25

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

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

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