Jeremiah 10:7

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - Jeremiah 10:1-16

The Nothingness of Idols v. 1. Hear ye the word which the Lord speaketh unto you, O house of Israel! those who now survived as the representatives of the former great nation. v. 2. Thus saith the Lord, Learn not the way of the heathen, in becoming accustomed to their idolatrous worship, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven, filled with the fear which caused the Gentile nations to associate various perils with the movements of comets, with the occurrence of eclipses, and other... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - Jeremiah 10:1-25

LATER ADDITION: WARNING AGAINST IDOLATRYJeremiah 10:1-17a. The nothingness of idolsJer 10:1-5 11 Hear the word, which Jehovah has spoken to you,2 house of Israel!2 Thus saith Jehovah: To the way of the heathen accustom3 yourselves not,And be not affrighted at the signs of Heaven, because the heathen are affrighted at them;3 For the institutions of the nations—breath are they!For as a forest tree have they been cut out,—For the work4 of the hands of the artificer, with an... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - Jeremiah 10:1-10

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 10:1-10 We are here introduced into an idol-factory. Contrasted with the manufactured idols is the majesty of our God. There is none like Him. His name is great in might; He is the King of the nations, the true and living God, and the everlasting King! Christian, fear not or be dismayed when enemies plot... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 10:1-25

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 between idols and Jehovah. He described the vanity of idols. They were the work of the hands of man. They were unable to move, but had to be carried. In contrast, he declared the majesty of Jehovah. Continuing the contrast, he described the weakness of idols, and the might of the true and living God.... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:1-16

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 verses, compares the futility of idols with the greatness of YHWH. They are introduced here so as to expand on what has been said in Jeremiah 9:24 about ‘understanding and knowing YHWH’. In order to bring out what understanding and knowing YHWH means he compares Him in a fourfold way with other so-called... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:1-25

Subsection 3. In This Subsection Jeremiah Admonishes The People Concerning The False Confidence That They Have In The Inviolability Of The Temple, And In Their Sacrificial Ritual, And After Chiding Them, Calls On Them To Recognise The Kind Of God That They Are Dealing With (Jeremiah 7:1 to Jeremiah 10:25 ). Commencing with what will be the standard introductory words up to chapter 25, ‘The word that came to Jeremiah from YHWH --’ (Jeremiah 7:1; compare Jeremiah 11:1; Jeremiah 14:1; Jeremiah... read more

Arthur Peake

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:1-16

Jeremiah 10:1-Nehemiah : . The Folly of Idolatry,— This passage (like Jeremiah 9:23-Ezekiel :) interrupts the connexion of Jeremiah 9:22 and Jeremiah 10:17; its denunciation of the idols of the heathen as utterly futile for good or evil relates it to the times of Deutero-Isaiah ( cf. Isaiah 44:11 ff.), and sharply distinguishes it from the denunciation of Israel’ s syncretistic worship, and the declaration of its penalty, found in Jeremiah 7-9. Israel is urged to hold aloof from the heathen... read more

Matthew Poole

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 10:7

Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? he is called a great King, Malachi 1:14; q.d. Thou, by whom all nations are governed, and all affairs in them disposed, and by none else, who would worship any but thee, or be afraid of any but thee, seeing it is fit for, and therefore can belong to, none besides? as in the next words; it is thy right and due. Or, Who can be so stupid as not to acknowledge one Supreme Being, and this to be but one? as, among the heathens, Socrates, Plato, Seneca, and... read more

Joseph Exell

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary - Jeremiah 10:1-25

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 pseudo-Isaiah (Movers) or by a Babylonian exile. Even Naegelsbach affirms, “Who was the author, and when and by whom” the section was written, “cannot be ascertained.” Two difficulties lead to this severance of the section from the book: 1. The continuity of thought is abruptly broken by these... read more

C.I. Scofield

Scofield's Reference Notes - Jeremiah 10:7

fear (See Scofield " :-") . read more

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