Jeremiah 10:17

Jeremiah 10:17

15 They are futile, a work of errors;
In the time of their punishment they shall perish.

16 ^aThe Portion of Jacob is not like them,
For He is the Maker of all things,
And ^bIsrael is the tribe of His inheritance;
^cThe Lord of hosts is His name.

The Coming Captivity of Judah

17 ^aGather up yo¹ur wares from the land,
O inhabitant of the fortress!

18 For thus says the Lord:
“Behold, I will ^athrow out at this time
The inhabitants of the land,
And will distress them,
^bThat they may find it so.”

19 ^aWoe is me for my hurt!
My wound is severe.
But I say, ^b“Truly this is an infirmity,
And ^cI must bear it.”

20 ^aMy tent is plundered,
And all my cords are broken;
My children have gone from me,
And they are ^bno more.
There is no one to pitch my tent anymore,
Or set up my curtains.

21 For the shepherds have become dull-hearted,
And have not sought the Lord;
Therefore they shall not prosper,
And all their flocks shall be ^ascattered.

22 Behold, the noise of the report has come,
And a great commotion out of the ^anorth country,
To make the cities of Judah desolate, a ^bden of jackals.

23 O Lord, I know the ^away of man is not in himself;
It is not in man who walks to direct his own steps.

24 O Lord, ^acorrect me, but with justice;
Not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.

25 ^aPour out Your fury on the Gentiles, ^bwho do not know You,
And on the families who do not call on Your name;
For they have eaten up Jacob,
^cDevoured him and consumed him,
And made his dwelling place desolate.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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wares—thine effects or movable goods (Ezekiel 12:3). Prepare for migrating as captives to Babylon. The address is to Jerusalem, as representative of the whole people.

inhabitant of the fortress—rather, "inhabitress of the fortress." Though thou now seemest to inhabit an impregnable fortress, thou shalt have to remove. "The land" is the champaign region opposed to the "fortified" cities. The "fortress" being taken, the whole "land" will share the disaster. HENDERSON translates, "Gather up thy packages from the ground." ROSENMULLER, for "fortress," translates, "siege," that is, the besieged city. The various articles, in this view, are supposed to be lying about in confusion on the ground during the siege.

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