Jeremiah 10
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 10 of 52
Chapter Summary
The unequal comparison of Jehovah and idols. The prophet exhorts to flee from the calamity to come. He laments the spoil of the tabernacle.
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People & Context
Jehovah mocks the custom of the nations in crafting powerless, unmoving idols from trees decorated with silver and gold, contrasting them with Himself…
God commands the people to gather their bundles for the coming siege. Jeremiah laments his grievous wound, comparing the nation's ruin to a broken tab…
Jeremiah acknowledges that a man's way is not his own to direct. He prays for God to correct him with justice rather than anger, and to pour out fury …
Timeline
Jehovah mocks the custom of the nations in crafting powerless, unmoving idols from trees decorated with silver and gold, contrasting them with Himself, the true, living, and everlasting King.
Jeremiah 10:1-16God commands the people to gather their bundles for the coming siege. Jeremiah laments his grievous wound, comparing the nation's ruin to a broken tabernacle destroyed due to stupid shepherds.
Jeremiah 10:17-22Jeremiah acknowledges that a man's way is not his own to direct. He prays for God to correct him with justice rather than anger, and to pour out fury on the nations that devoured Jacob.
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