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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 10:10 - American Standard
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 10:10 |
American Standard |
But Jehovah is the true God; he is the living God, and an everlasting King: at his wrath the earth trembleth, and the nations are not able to abide his indignation. |
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King James |
But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
true God--literally, "God Jehovah is truth"; not merely true, that is, veracious, but truth in the reality of His essence, as opposed to the "vanity" or emptiness which all idols are (Jer 10:3, Jer 10:8, Jer 10:15; Ch2 15:3; Psa 31:5; Jo1 5:20).
living God-- (Joh 5:26; Ti1 6:17). He hath life in Himself which no creature has. All else "live in Him" (Act 17:28). In contrast to dead idols.
everlasting-- (Psa 10:16). In contrast to the temporary existence of all other objects of worship. |
| Explanatory Notes on the Whole Bible, by John Wesley [1754-65] |
| But - All these are but false gods. Living - These are all but dead stocks and stones, Jehovah is the only living God, having life in himself, and giving life to all things else. An everlasting king - Time devours them all, but the true God is everlasting. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
But the Lord - The original word should be preserved, however we agree to pronounce it: יהוה Yehovah is the true God. He is without beginning, and without end. This is true of no being else.
He is the living God - His being is underived; and he gives life to all. He is the very Fountain whence all life is derived.
And an everlasting king - As he has made, so he governs, all things. His sway is felt both in the heavens and in the earth.
At his wrath the earth shall tremble - All storms, tempests, tornadoes, and earthquakes are the effects of his power; and when the nations are destroyed, or turned upside down, it is the effect of his displeasure. |
16 Jehovah is King for ever and ever: The nations are perished out of his land.
28 for in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain even of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.
17 Charge them that are rich in this present world, that they be not highminded, nor have their hope set on the uncertainty of riches, but on God, who giveth us richly all things to enjoy;
26 For as the Father hath life in himself, even so gave he to the Son also to have life in himself:
20 And we know that the Son of God is come, and hath given us an understanding, that we know him that is true, and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, and eternal life.
5 Into thy hand I commend my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Jehovah, thou God of truth.
3 Now for a long season Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest, and without law:
15 They are vanity, a work of delusion: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.
8 But they are together brutish and foolish: the instruction of idols! it is but a stock.
3 For the customs of the peoples are vanity; for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman with the axe.