Jeremiah 10:24 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. ”

Jeremiah 10:24 - 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 10:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

O LORD, correct me, but with (q) judgment; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. (q) Considering that God had revealed to him the certainty of their captivity ( Jeremiah 7:16 ) he only pr...
Jeremiah 10:24 - 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 10:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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 t...
Jeremiah 10:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Correct me, but with judgment - Let not the punishment be to the uttermost of the demerit of the offense; els...
Jeremiah 10:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Since I (my nation) must be corrected (justice requiring it because of the deep guilt of the nation),...
Jeremiah 10:24 - 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 10:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

With judgment. — The rendering is accurate, but the idea is, perhaps, better expressed by the translation of the same word in Jeremiah 30:11 ; Jeremiah 46:28 as “in measure.” In either case the...
Jeremiah 10:24 - 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 10:24 - 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 10:24 - 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 10:24 - 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 10:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 correcti...
Jeremiah 10:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. Ver. 24. O Lord, correct me; but with judgment, ] a i.e., In mercy and in measure. Correction is not...
Jeremiah 10:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

O Lord, correct me I do not entirely deprecate all chastisement; I know we deserve correction, and am willing to accept it; persuaded that it is necessary for our purification and amendment; but...
Jeremiah 10:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Lamentation of Judah; Sovereignty of Divine Providence; Prophetic Imprecations. B. C. 606. ...
Jeremiah 10:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

O Lord, correct me: q.d. Seeing thou wilt bring the Chaldeans upon us to punish us for our sins, let it be a correction only, not a destruction and utter ruin. But with judgment; let it be in mea...
Jeremiah 10:24 - 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 10:24 - 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 10:24 - 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 10:24 - 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 10:24 - 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 10:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophet's Lamentation and Prayer
Jeremiah 10:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Habakkuk 3:2 ; Isaiah 40:23 ; Isaiah 41:11 ; Isaiah 41:12 ; Jeremiah 30:11 ; Job 6:18 ; Psalms 38:1 ; Psalms 6:1
Jeremiah 10:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Correct me — Seeing thou wilt punish us, let it be a correction only, not a destruction. Let it be in measure; in the midst of judgment remember mercy. Anger — Lest if thou shouldst let out thy fur...

Jeremiah 10:24 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Jeremiah 10:24 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 10:24 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:24 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:24 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 10:24 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:24 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 10:24 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 10:24 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 10:24 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:24 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 10:24 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 10:24 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 10:24 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes