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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 10:10 - Basic English
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 10:10 |
Basic English |
But the Lord is the true God; he is the living God and an eternal king: when he is angry, the earth is shaking with fear, and the nations give way before his wrath. |
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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 The Lord is King for ever and ever; the nations are gone from his land.
28 For in him we have life and motion and existence; as certain of your verse writers have said, For we are his offspring.
17 Give orders to those who have money and goods in this life, not to be lifted up in their minds, or to put their hope in the uncertain chances of wealth, but in God who gives us in full measure all things for our use;
26 For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son to have life in himself.
20 And we are certain that the Son of God has come, and has given us a clear vision, so that we may see him who is true, and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ. He is the true God and eternal life.
5 Into your hands I give my spirit; you are my saviour, O Lord God for ever true.
3 Now for a long time Israel has been without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without the law;
15 They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them.
8 But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood.
3 For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a tree is cut down by him out of the woods with his axe.