Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 10:12
Yahweh is the Creator. His power, wisdom, and understanding were responsible for creating and establishing the universe. read more
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Thomas Constable
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 10:13
He is responsible for the rains and storms, even the lightning, on the earth. He summons the winds from His celestial storehouse with a mere word, and they blow on the earth. The Canaanites attributed all these powers to Baal. Every thunderstorm testifies to the omnipotence of Yahweh. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 10:14
Everyone who worships idols is stupid and ignorant (cf. 1 Corinthians 8:4-6). Their inability to do anything shames those who glorify them. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 10:15
Idols have no worth. They mock those who make them by their silence. And they are unable to defend themselves, so they perish whenever the true God chooses to humiliate them. read more
Thomas Constable
Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 10:16
Yahweh, the God who gave Himself in a special relationship to such an unworthy person as Jacob, is not like the idols because He is the Creator. He adopted Israel as His special treasure among the nations (Exodus 19:5-6). He is Yahweh Almighty. read more
John Dummelow
John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 10:1-25
1-16. The folly of idolatry.This section of the prophecy is of doubtful authorship. For (a) it introduces a break in the sense; (b) there is less smoothness between the parts than we generally find in Jeremiah’s writings; (c) its language differs considerably from his use elsewhere, and closely resembles that of Isaiah 40-44; (d) the writer emphasises the fact that false gods are incapable of hurting, while Jeremiah elsewhere speaks rather of them as powerless to aid; (e) Isaiah 44:2, Isaiah... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 10:12
(12) He hath made . . . he hath established.—The words are participial in form, making . . . establishing, and complete the list of divine attributes in Jeremiah 10:10, contrasting the creative might of Jehovah with the impotence of the gods of the heathen.The world.—As contrasted with the material earth, the inhabited world, the world considered in its relation to man, as in Proverbs 8:31.Discretion.—Better, skill. read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 10:13
(13) A multitude of waters.—Better, a rush of waters, following on the thunder, which is thought of as the voice of God (comp. Psalms 29:3). The prophet finds the tokens of Almighty Power alike in the fixed order of the Cosmos and its most catastrophic perturbations. The strict construction of the Hebrew gives, At the voice of His giving the roar of waters.He maketh lightnings.—The last half of the verse agrees verbally with Psalms 135:7 (where see Note), and one is obviously a quotation from... read more
Charles John Ellicott
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 10:14
(14) Brutish in his knowledge.—Literally, from knowing, i.e., too brutish to know, or, as some take it, brutish without knowledge, overwhelmed and astounded, so that the power of knowing fails.Every founder.—The smelter, or worker in molten metal. read more
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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 10:4-25
Incorrigible Judah 8:4-10:25The twin themes of Judah’s stubborn rebellion and her inevitable doom tie this section of miscellaneous messages together. The section contains mostly poetic material, and the prophecies bear the marks of Jehoiakim’s early reign (perhaps shortly after 609 B.C.). read more