Jeremiah 10

The Jews, about to be carried into captivity, are here warned against the superstition and idolatry of that country to which they were going. Chaldea was greatly addicted to astrology, and therefore the prophet begins with warning them against it, Jeremiah 10:1 , Jeremiah 10:2 . He then exposes the absurdity of idolatry in short but elegant satire; in the midst of which he turns, in a beautiful apostrophe, to the one true God, whose adorable attributes repeatedly strike in view, as he goes along, and lead him to contrast his infinite perfections with those despicable inanities which the blinded nations fear, Jeremiah 10:3-16 . The prophet again denounces the Divine judgments, Jeremiah 10:17 , Jeremiah 10:18 ; upon which Jerusalem laments her fate, and supplicates the Divine compassion in her favor, Jeremiah 10:19-25 .