Jeremiah 10:21 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. ”

Jeremiah 10:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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 10:19 Grievous - Rather, “mortal,” i. e., fatal,...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

For the shepherds (n) have become senseless, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. (n) The governors and ministers.
Jeremiah 10:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Departure into Exile. The personified community is told to pick up its bundle ( mg.), and prepare for the inevitable exile. She bewails her hurt and her spoilt dwelling. These troubles, says t...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

pastors . shepherds, or rulers. are become. This points to Jehoiakim's reign. the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah. (with' eth) . Jehovah Himself. App-4.
Jeremiah 10:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

In the first place, he assigns a cause for the dreadful devastation of which he had spoken, and that was, because the shepherds were without thought and understanding. He still, as we see, goes...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. The pastors are become brutish - The king and his counselo...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. Pastors - the rulers, civil and religious. This ve...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-16. The folly of idolatry. This section of the prophecy is of doubtful authorship. For ( a ) it introduces a break in the sense; ( b ) there is less smoothness between the parts than we generall...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

The pastors. — The “shepherds,” used, as in Jeremiah 2:8 ; Jeremiah 3:15 , and elsewhere, of rulers generally, rather than of priests as such. Therefore they shall not prosper. — Better, ther...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 8:1-22 ; Jeremiah 9:1-26 ; Jeremiah 10:1-25 ; Jeremiah 26:1-24 In the four Chapter s which we are now to consider we have what is plainly a finished whole. The only possible exception...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

the Folly of Idolatry Jeremiah 10:1-10 ; Jeremiah 19:1-15 ; Jeremiah 20:1-18 ; Jeremiah 21:1-14 ; Jeremiah 22:1-30 ; Jeremiah 23:1-40 ; Jeremiah 24:1-10 ; Jeremiah 25:1-38 Jeremiah 10:1...
Jeremiah 10:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

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 betwee...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

The Prophet gets back again to his old subject. The prospect of the Babylonish captivity so affected the Prophet's heart, that he could harp upon no other string. And observe, how the man of God give...
Jeremiah 10:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 infer...
Jeremiah 10:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered. Ver. 21. For the pastors are become brutish. ] The corr...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

For the pastors are become brutish The prophet pursues the foregoing metaphor, and says, that the reason why the tents are destroyed, is because the shepherds, meaning the governors, both civil and...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentation of Judah; Sovereignty of Divine Providence; Prophetic Imprecations. B. C. 606. ...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The pastors are become brutish; not that the prophet takes off all blame from the people, but that he layeth it chiefly upon the rulers of church and state; for so is pastor taken frequently. See...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

YHWH Notifies Judah Of His Intention To Sling Them Out Of His Land And Punish Them, And They Express Their Grief As They Look Prophetically At His Having Done So. The Sound Of The Invaders Is Heard...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the chapter . Section 1–16 has been declared spurious (by De Wette, Movers, and Hitzig), its authenticity disputed, a late interpolation by either the...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 10:1-2 . Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel: Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the he...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:2 . Be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; at the position of revolving planets on which the augurs found predictions, and discover their ignorance. Be not dismayed at solar eclipses,...
Jeremiah 10:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION Whoever wrote the prophecy in Jeremiah 10:1-24 of this chapter, it was not Jeremiah; but of course, as the passage forms part of a canonical book, its claims to the character of a S...
Jeremiah 10:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet's Lamentation and Prayer
Jeremiah 10:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 22:25-30 ; Ezekiel 34:12 ; Ezekiel 34:2-10 ; Ezekiel 34:5 ; Ezekiel 34:6 ; Isaiah 56:10-12 ; Jeremiah 10:14 ; Jeremiah 10:8 ; Jeremiah 12:10 ; Jeremiah 2:8 ; Jeremiah 23:1 ; Jerem...
Jeremiah 10:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

The pastors — The rulers of church and state.

Jeremiah 10:21 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 10:21 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 10:21 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:21 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:21 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 10:21 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:21 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 10:21 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 10:21 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 10:21 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:21 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 10:21 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 10:21 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 10:21 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes