Jeremiah 10:24 - Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

Jeremiah 10:24

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.

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Since I (my nation) must be corrected (justice requiring it because of the deep guilt of the nation), I do not deprecate all chastisement, but pray only for moderation in it (Jeremiah 30:11; Psalms 6:1; Psalms 38:1); and that the full tide of Thy fury may be poured out on the heathen invaders for their cruelty towards Thy people. Psalms 79:6-7, a psalm to be referred to the time of the captivity, its composer probably repeated this from Jeremiah. The imperative, "Pour out," is used instead of the future, expressing vividly the certainty of the prediction, and that the word of God itself effects its own declarations. Accordingly, the Jews were restored after correction; the Babylonians were utterly extinguished.

know thee . . . call . . . on thy name—Knowledge of God is the beginning of piety; calling on Him the fruit.

heathen . . . Jacob—He reminds God of the distinction He has made between His people whom Jacob represents, and the heathen aliens. Correct us as Thy adopted sons, the seed of Jacob; destroy them as outcasts (Zechariah 1:14-15, Zechariah 1:21).

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