Jeremiah

Jeremiah 10 ©

1 The great disparity between God and idols. 17 The prophet warneth to prepare for a removal out of the land: 19 he lamenteth over the spoil and desolation of it: 23 he prayeth God to correct his people with moderation, and to turn his fury upon the heathen that wasted them.

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HEAR ye athe word which the LORD speaketh unto you, bO house of Israel:

a Ps. 59.7. Is. 55.3. Re. 2.29. 1Th. 2.13. Mat. 11.15.
b ch. 2.4; 31.1. Eze. 3.1,4,5; 22.18.
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Thus saith the LORD, cLearn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them.

c Le. 18.3; 20.23. De. 18.10,14. Is. 44.25; 47.12,13.
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For the 1customs of the people are vain: for one dcutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe.

d Is. 40.19,20; 44.9,10-17; 45.20.
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They edeck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

e Ps. 115.4. Is. 40.19; 46.5,7; 41.7. Hab. 2.19.
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They are upright as the palm tree, fbut speak not: gthey must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; hfor they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good.

f Ps. 115.5; 135.16. Hab. 2.19. 1Co. 12.2.
g Is. 46.1,7. Ps. 115.7.
h Is. 41.23; 45.20; 44.9,10,20. v.8,11,14,15. 1Co. 8.4.
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*Forasmuch as there is inone like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

i Is. 40.25. Ex. 15.11. De. 32.31; 33.26. Ps. 86.8-10; 89.8; 35.10; 145.3; 147.5; 73.26.
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jWho would not fear thee, O King of nations? 2for to thee doth it appertain: *forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

j Re. 15.4. De. 6.13. Ps. 89.5-8. 1Ti. 1.17; 6.15.
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But they are 3altogether kbrutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of *vanities.

k Is. 41.29; 44.9,10,20. Hab. 2.18,19. Zec. 10.2. Ps. 115.4-8; 135.15-18. Ro. 1.21,22.
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lSilver spread into plates is brought from mTarshish, and gold from nUphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the *founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of *cunning men.

l v.4. Ps. 115.4; 135.15. Is. 46.6; 40.19,20.
m 1Ki. 10.22. Is. 23.6.
n Da. 10.5. Job 28.17. 1Ki. 9.28.
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But othe LORD is the 4true God, he is the living God, and 5an everlasting king: pat his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

o 1Jn. 5.20. 2Ch. 15.3. Ps. 42.2; 36.9. Jn. 5.21,26. Ps. 10.16. 1Ti. 1.17; 6.15,16.
p Ps. 18.7; 68.8; 104.32; 114.7; 76.7,8; 90.11. Da. 4.35. Na. 1.6.
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Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even qthey shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

q v.15. Is. 2.18; 45.16. Zec. 13.2. Ps. 96.5.
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He rhath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

r Ge. 1.1,6. ch. 51.15-19. Ps. 135.5,6; 33.6; 104.2-24. Job 9.8. Is. 40.22; 42.5; 44.24.
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When he uttereth his voice, there is a 6multitude of waters in the heavens, and she causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings 7with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

s Ps. 135.6,7. Job 37.6; 36.27-32; 38.22-37. Ps. 147.8.
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Every man tis 8brutish in his knowledge: every *founder is confounded by the graven image: ufor his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

t Ps. 92.6; 94.8. ch. 51.17,18. Is. 44.9-11,20; 42.17; 45.16. Ps. 115.8; 135.18; 97.7. Ro. 1.22,23. 1Co. 1.19-21.
u v.8. Hab. 2.18,19. Ps. 135.17; 115.7. ch. 13.25. Ro. 1.25.
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vThey are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

v v.5,8,14; 51.18. Ps. 115.4-8. Hab. 2.18,19. Is. 41.29; 44.9-20; 45.20; 46.1,2,7.
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The wportion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the xformer of all things; and Israel is ythe rod of his inheritance: zThe LORD of hosts is his name.

w ch. 51.19. De. 32.31. Ps. 16.5,6; 73.26; 119.157; 142.5.
x Ge. 1. Pr. 16.4.
y De. 32.9. Ps. 74.2. Ex. 19.5,6. Ps. 135.4. Is. 47.4.
z ch. 31.35.
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aGather up thy wares out of the land, O 9inhabitant of the fortress.

a ch. 4.5; 8.14; 6.1. Eze. 12.3,4,11,12. Mat. 24.11. Lu. 17.31.
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For thus saith the LORD, Behold, bI will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they cmay find it so.

b 1Sa. 25.29. ch. 16.13; 15.1,2. De. 4.27; 28.35,63,64.
c Zec. 1.6. ch. 23.20; 29.14. Eze. 12.15,25,28; 6.10. Is. 26.11.
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dWoe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I emust bear it.

d ch. 4.19-28; 8.18-21; 9.1. La. 1-5.
e Ps. 39.9. La. 2.18. Mi. 7.7-9. Is. 8.17.
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My f*tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

f ch. 4.20.
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For the gpastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

g ch. 2.8; 5.5,6; 23.2,9-32; 25.34-38. Is. 56.10. Eze. 34.1-10; 22.6-12. Zec. 10.3. Mi. 3.1-12. Zep. 3.3,4.
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Behold, hthe noise of the *bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the inorth country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of *dragons.

h ch. 1.15; 5.15; 6.1,22; 4.5,6; 9.11. Hab. 1.6; 3.16. Na. 3.19.
i ch. 1.13.
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¶O LORD, I know that the jway of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.

j Pr. 16.1; 20.24. Ps. 37.23; 32.8. Ac. 17.28. Ro. 11.36.
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O LORD, kcorrect me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou 10bring me to nothing.

k Ps. 6.1; 38.1. ch. 30.11. Hab. 3.2. 1Co. 10.13. Is. 27.8; 57.16.
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lPour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for mthey have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.

l Ps. 79.6,7. Job 18.21. ch. 46-51. Eze. 25-32; 35; 38; 39. v.25.
m La. 2.22. ch. 6.3; 30.16; 49.1; 50.7,17,28,29,33,34; 51.24,35,36,51,52,56; 8.16. Eze. 25.3,6,8,12,15; 28.24; 29.6,7; 35.5,10. Ob. 1.10-16. Zec. 1.15. Ps. 14.4.