Proverbs 16:1; Proverbs 20:24; Psalms 119:116; Psalms 119:117; Psalms 17:5; Psalms 37:23
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:...
O LORD, I know that (p) the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps. (p) He speaks this because Nebuchad...
The Departure into Exile. The personified community is told to pick up its bundle ( mg.), and prepare for the inevitable exile. She bewails her hu...
is not in . belongs not to. it is not. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "nor". di...
The Jews confine this to Sennacherib, who had, according to his own will, at one time resolved to attack the Ammonites, at another the Moabites...
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. O Lord, I know that the way of man is no...
O Lord, I know, &c.— "Thou rulest, O Lord, all events; all that happens comes to pass through an effect of thy adorable providence. It is not i...
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Despairing of influencing the people,...
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...
Jeremiah's prayer: the helplessness of man, and his dependence on God. Jeremiah's Fifth Prophecy (or Group of Prophecies). Address at the Temple Ga...
O Lord, I know... — The confession is made not by the prophet for himself, but as by and for Israel. The way of man. — The path which a man take...
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...
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...
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...
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...
O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself ,.... Kimchi and Ben Melech interpret it of that well known man Nebuchadnezzar, whose way was n...
O LORD, I know that the way of man [is] not in himself: [it is] not in man that walketh to direct his steps. Ver. 23. O Lord, I know that the way...
O Lord, I know , &c. The prophet now turns to God, and addresses himself to him, finding it to little purpose to speak to the people. It is some...
Lamentation of Judah; Sovereignty of Divine Providence; Prophetic Imprecations. B. C....
The prophet finding that all he could say prevailed nothing upon this people, but they rather grew worse, he turns himself to God. How far these word...
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 H...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the chapter . Section 1–16 has been declared spurious (by De Wette, Movers, and Hitzig), its authent...
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...
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...
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 Prophet's Lamentation and Prayer
O Lord, I know that the way of man is not in himself, it is not in the power of any person to determine his way and manner of living nor the trend of...
It is not — Lord we know it is not in our power to divert these judgments that are coming upon us, but thou canst moderate, and limit them as thou...
23 O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.