Jeremiah 10:6

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 (as in Isaiah 33:13; Psalms 21:13; Psalms 145:11) for the Divine Omnipotence. (Compare “the Mighty God” of Isaiah 9:6.)

Related Commentaries of 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 id...
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 e...
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...
Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

there is none like, &c. See note on Exodus 15:11 . Thy name. See note on Psalms 20:1 .
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...
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.
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.
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:...
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...
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...
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 plai...
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 ; Jer...
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 unutterab...
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...
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 in...
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 u...
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 t...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Solemn Charge to Israel; The Folly of Idolatry. B. C. 606....
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 bet...
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 ( Jeremia...
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 authent...
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...
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 t...
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...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Nothingness of Idols
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Forasmuch as there is none like unto Thee, O Lord, literally, "not a particle of anything," this being the strongest possible denial of any power in...
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 ;...

⁶ Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

Related Commentaries of Jeremiah 10:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 10:6