Jeremiah 10:6 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. ”

Jeremiah 10:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For as much as - Or, “No one is like unto thee, O Jehovah.” In Jeremiah 10:6-11 , the prophet contrasts God’s greatness with the impotence of idols.
Jeremiah 10:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Forasmuch as [there is] none like thee, O LORD; (d) thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might. (d) He teaches the people to lift up their eyes to God, who has all power and therefore ought...
Jeremiah 10:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

The Folly of Idolatry, This passage (like Jeremiah 9:23-26 ) interrupts the connexion of Jeremiah 9:22 and Jeremiah 10:17 ; its denunciation of the idols of the heathen as utterly futile for go...
Jeremiah 10:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

there is none like, &c. See note on Exodus 15:11 . Thy name. See note on Psalms 20:1 .
Jeremiah 10:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

As the truth respecting the gods of the heathens, that they are mere figments, would be useless and of no moment, were not the knowledge of the, true God added, the Prophet now introduces God h...
Jeremiah 10:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.
Jeremiah 10:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Forasmuch, &c.— There is nothing comparable to thee, O Lord; thou art great, and great is thy name in power. Houb.
Jeremiah 10:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might. None - literally, no particle of nothing: nothing whatever; the strongest possible denial (...
Jeremiah 10:6 - 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 10:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Forasmuch as. — A somewhat flat addition to the Hebrew text, which opens with a vigorous abruptness, None is there like unto thee ... Great in might. — The latter is an almost technical word (a...
Jeremiah 10:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER VI THE IDOLS OF THE HEATHEN AND THE GOD OF ISRAEL Jeremiah 10:1-16 THIS fine piece is altogether isolated from the surrounding context, which it interrupts in a very surprising manner....
Jeremiah 10:6 - 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 10:6 - 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 10:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This is most striking sermon, and very highly finished, in which the Prophet, in the Lord's name, asserts his divine nature and sovereignty: and then displays the folly of idols. The words are so pla...
Jeremiah 10:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O Lord ,.... None like him, for the perfections of his nature, for the works of his hands, and for the instances of his kindness and beneficence, both in a...
Jeremiah 10:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Forasmuch as [there is] none like unto thee, O LORD; thou [art] great, and thy name [is] great in might. Ver. 6. Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee. ] None of all these dii minutuli, thes...
Jeremiah 10:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee This verse would be better rendered, O Lord, thou art great, so that there is none like unto thee, and thy name is great, because of thy might. Who would...
Jeremiah 10:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. B. C. 606. 1 Hear ye the word which the...
Jeremiah 10:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

OLBHeb; Forasmuch; this particle Nj min , is to be taken here causally, and refers either to what goes before, showing there is no comparison between God and idols; or rather, to what follows, as...
Jeremiah 10:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

The House Of Israel Are Not To Learn The Way Of The Nations Because, While YHWH Is Great Beyond Describing, Their Idols Are Utterly Futile ( Jeremiah 10:1-16 ). This passage, in a sequence of vers...
Jeremiah 10:6 - 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 10:6 - 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 10:6 - 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 10:6 - 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 10:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nothingness of Idols
Jeremiah 10:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Samuel 7:22 ; Daniel 4:3 ; Daniel 4:34 ; Deuteronomy 32:31 ; Deuteronomy 33:26 ; Exodus 15:11 ; Exodus 8:10 ; Exodus 9:14 ; Isaiah 12:6 ; Isaiah 40:18 ; Isaiah 40:25 ; Isaiah 46:5 ; Is...

Jeremiah 10:6 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 10:6 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 10:6 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:6 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 10:6 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 10:6 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:6 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 10:6 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 10:6 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Jeremiah 10:6 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 10:6 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 10:6 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 10:6 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge