Jeremiah 10

Jeremiah 10:1

HEare ye the word which the LORD speaketh] No I, but the Lord; Isaiah 1:2. 1 Corinthians 7:10. whatsoever ye think of it. Chap 51. 13.

Jeremiah 10:2

Learn not the way of the heathen] Their idolatries and superstitions. Lev. 18. 3. & 20. 23.

signs of heaven] The starres, set for signs of times and seasons. Genesis 1:14. Or, the constellations and conjunctions of the starres and planets, from which their astrologers undertook to foretell of good and bad events. Isaiah 47:12-13.

for the heathen are dismayed at them] Or, though, they be dismaied at them. as Genesis 8:21. Psalms 23:4.

Jeremiah 10:3

the customes of the people are vain] Heb. statutes, or, ordinances, are vanitie. that is, most vain. Vers 15. Their courses in these kinds are senselesse, frivolous and ridiculous.

one cutteth a tree out of the forest, &c.] Thus the Prophet simply and plainly setteth out their vile absurditie, to make it the more to be abhorred. So Isa. 40. 19, 20. & 44. 12-17.

(the work of the hands of the workman)] Or, for the work. Vers. 9. as Malachi 2:5. for the carpenter, or carver, to work upon. Isaiah 44:13-14.

with the ax] Isaiah 44:12.

Jeremiah 10:4

They deck it with silver and with gold] Isaiah 40:19. & Isaiah 46:6.

fasten it with nails and with hammers that it move not] Isaiah 40:19. & Isaiah 41:7. & Isaiah 46:7.

Jeremiah 10:5

They are upright as the palm-tree, &c.] Or, all firm, (without joynts. Exod. 25. 18, 31.) as a pillar. Cant. 3. 6. Their idols stand bolt upright, like a stock or a pillar; and can not move, or bend: or, stand upright, like a man that standeth up to speak; but are not able to utter ought. Psalms 115:5. & Psalms 135:16.

they must needs be born] Heb. carrying they are carried. Isaiah 45:20. & 46. 1, 7.

they cannot go] Psalms 115:7.

they cannot do evil, &c.] Isaiah 41:23.

Jeremiah 10:6

there is none like unto thee] Psal. 86. 8, 10. & 89. 8.

thou art great] Psalms 145:3.

Jeremiah 10:7

Who would not fear thee] Malachi 1:14. Revelation 15:4.

O king of nations] Psalms 47:7.

for] Or, since. as Chap. 8. 14.

to thee doth it appertain] Or, it liketh thee. or, agreeth to thee. Genesis 34:15; Genesis 34:22. to wit, Reverence and fear. Psal. 76. 7, 11. or, the kingdom. 1 Chronicles 29:11-12. Psalms 103:19. Matthew 6:13.

forasmuch as among all the wise] Or for among, &c.

there is none like unto thee] Or, thou art great; for as much as none is like unto thee.

Jeremiah 10:8

they are altogether] Heb. in one. or, at once. as Proverbs 28:18.

brutish] Isaiah 41:29. Habakkuk 2:18. Zechariah 10:2.

the stock is a doctrine of vanities] That which teacheth nothing but what is most vain: Vers. 3. and images then ill lay-mens books. Isaiah 44:10; Isaiah 44:20. Vers. 14.

Jeremiah 10:9

Silver spread] Or, beaten out. Isaiah 40:19.

Tarshtsh] See Isaiah 2:16.

gold from Ʋphaz] Whence the finest gold came. Daniel 10:5. To shew, that they spared no cost to bestow on their idols.

the work of the workman] Or, for the work. Vers. 3. for the goldsmith and founder to exercise their art and skill upon. Isaiah 40:19.

Jeremiah 10:10

the LORD is the true God] Heb. God of truth. Psalms 31:5.

an everlasting king] Heb. King of eternitie. as Isaiah 9:6. Psalms 146:10. 1 Timothy 6:15-16.

Jeremiah 10:11

The gods that have not made the heavens, &c.] This sentence alone is conceived in the Chaldee language, or the Syrian, which was most familiar with them, Daniel 2:4. Ezra 4:7. that they might have it ready at hand, among the Chaldeans, to stop their mouths with, when they should be enticing them to idolatry.

from under these heavens] From the places, where they abide, in any part of the world. Deuteronomy 4:32. Job 41:11. Ecclesiastes 2:17. Vers. 15. Lamentations 3:66.

Jeremiah 10:12

He] The true God. Vers. 10.

hath made the earth, &c.] Genesis 1:1; Genesis 1:6. Chap. 51. 15.

established the world] Psalms 93:1.

stretched out the heavens] Isaiah 42:5. & Isaiah 44:24.

Jeremiah 10:13

When he uttereth his voice] When he maketh it to thunder. Job 37. 2-5. Psalms 18:13. & 29. 3-10. & 68. 33.

there is a multitude of waters] Or, noise of waters. 1 Kings 18:41. Isaiah 63:15.

he causeth the vapours to ascend, &c.] Psalms 135:7.

maketh lightnings with rain] Or, for rain. That cometh usually with it, having by rending the clouds made way for it. Job 38:25-26.

Jeremiah 10:14

Every man is brutish in his knowledge] Or, by his knowledge. Or, is more brutish then to know. The more man thinketh of himself to do wisely, the more brutish he sheweth himself. Job 11:12. Proverbs 30:2. Romans 1:22. Or, each one of these workmen, that exercise their skill in making idols, may well be ashamed of their skill and the work it produceth; considering how brutish and senselesse they shew themselves, in giving such honour to that, that is of no worth or use. Isaiah 44:9. 20. Vers. 8. Chap. 51. 17, 18.

every founder is confounded by the graven image] Psalms 97:7.

Jeremiah 10:15

They are vanitie] Vers. 3.

the work of errours] Or, a most deceitfull work. Either proceeding from a most unsound and erroneous judgement: Romans 1:28. or, tending to nothing but deceit and leading into grosse errours. Vers. 8.

in the time of their visitation] Chap. 11. 23.

Jeremiah 10:16

The portion of Jacob] Chap. 51. 19. Gods people, having him for their portion and protection, who is all-sufficient, Genesis 17:1. need neither to seek for succour and safetie to idols, nor to stand in awe of them. Psalms 16:5. & Psalms 119:57. & Psalms 142:6.

the former of all things] Proverbs 16:4. & Proverbs 26:10.

Israel is the rod of his inheritance] Taken from the division of land; as by lot, and by cord; Psal. 16. 5, 6 so by rod. Psalms 74:2. They are Gods possession; as he is theirs. Deuteronomy 32:9. Chap. 12. 7. Zechariah 2:12.

the LORD of hosts is his name] Isaiah 48:2. & Isaiah 51:15.

Jeremiah 10:17

Gather up thy wares out of the land] Or, to get them out of the land. Get all thou hast abroad, into the strong holds and defenced cities: as the manner is, when invasion is expected. Jud. 9. 51. Chap. 4. 5, 6. Or, Ye that are in Jerusalem, as strong as it is, get what ye can together, and flie out of the land. Chap. 6. 1. Ezek. 1. 3. Matth. 24. 16, 18. Luke 17:31.

O inhabitant] Heb. inhabitresse. Chap. 21. 13.

Jeremiah 10:18

I will sling out the inhabitants of the land] I will, by the Chaldeans, cast them out of their own countrey into Babylon, as easily and readily, as a stone is cast out of a sling. 1 Samuel 25:29. Chap. 16. 13.

at this once] Or, as at one cast, not making any long work of it, but slinging them all out at once. Chap. 16. 21.

that they may find it so] Finde as they deserve. Or, finde that to be true, which they will not now beleeve. Ezekiel 6. 10. & 33. 33.

Jeremiah 10:19

Wo is me] The wofull lamentation, that the people should make in their distresse. Vers. 18.

for my hurt] Heb. breach. Chap. 6. 14.

my wound is grievous] Heb. stroke. Chap. 30. 14.

this is a grief, and I must bear it] Or, that I must bear. as Chap. 14. 19. Malachi 1:9. & Malachi 3:1. Heb. will bear. This is that, which by my sinne I have brought upon my self, and will therefore patiently endure it. Micah 7:9. Or, I thought it but some slight fit of sicknesse, that I might easily overcome, and would away again: though I finde it now to be otherwise. Chap. 6. 14. & 8. 11.

Jeremiah 10:20

My tabernacle is spoiled] Isaiah 33:20. Chap. 4. 20.

they are not] Chap. 31. 15.

Jeremiah 10:21

the pastours] The governours and ministers. Isa. 56. 10, 11.

become brutish] Vers. 8. Psalms 9:73. 22. & 92. 6.

all their flocks] The people committed to their charge. Chap. 13. 20. Zechariah 13:7.

a great commotion out of the north-countrey] Chap. 1. 15. & 5. 15. & 6 22.

a den of dragons] Chap. 9. 11.

Jeremiah 10:23

the way of man is not in himself] Though the Chaldeans be never so powerfull and cruell, yet it is not in their power to do what they list, but what thou givest way to; Proverbs 16:9. & Proverbs 20:24. Lamentations 3:37. who canst restrain them at thy pleasure, and turn them which way thou wilt. Proverbs 21:1. Isaiah 37:29. Some take it, as an acknowledgement of Gods hand, in sending Nebuchadnezzar in upon them, when he was marching on another way. Ezekiel 21:21.

Jeremiah 10:24

correct me] Psalms 6:1. & Psalms 38:1. Isaiah 57:16.

with judgement] With moderation, in measure. Isaiah 27:8. Chap. 30. 11. & 46. 18. according to what thou knowest me able to bear. 1 Corinthians 10:13. not so grievously as I deserve. Psal. 103. 10, 14.

lest thou bring me to nothing] Heb. diminish me. Ezekiel 29:15.

Jeremiah 10:25

Poure out thy fury, &c.] Psalms 79:6.

upon the heathen, &c.] Let the fiercenesse of thy wrath be turned rather against them: and thy vengeance executed on those, that destroy thy people. Psalms 79:10.

and devoured him] Or, they have even eaten him up. as Chap. 2. 30. & 3. 24.