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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 10:4 - Strong Concordance
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 10:4 |
Strong Concordance |
They deck [03302] it with silver [03701] and with gold [02091]; they fasten [02388] it with nails [04548] and with hammers [04717], that it move [06328] not. |
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King James |
They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not. |
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] |
| fasten . . . move not--that is, that it may stand upright without risk of falling, which the god (!) would do, if left to itself (Isa 41:7). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
They deck it - It was covered with plates of gold and silver, and then fastened with nails in its place, that it might not "more, i. e." tumble down.
The agreement in this and the following verses with the argument in Isa. 40-44 is so manifest, that no one can doubt that the one is modelled upon the other. If, therefore, Jeremiah took the thoughts and phrases from Isaiah, it is plain that the last 27 chapters of Isaiah were prior in date to Jeremiah's time, and were not therefore written at the close of the Babylonian exile. This passage then is a crucial one to the pseudo-Isaiah theory. Two answers are attempted,
(1) that the pseudo-Isaiah borrowed from Jeremiah. But this is refuted by the style, which is not that usual with Jeremiah.
(2) that it is an interpolation in Jeremiah.
But how then are we to account for its being found in the Septuagint Version? The only argument of real importance is that these verses break the continuity of thought; but the whole chapter is somewhat fragmentary, and not so closely connected as the previous three. Still there is a connection. The prophet had just included all Israel under the ban of uncircumcision: he now shows them their last chance of safety by enlarging upon the truth, that (compare Jer 9:23-24) their true glory is their God, not an idol of wood, but the King of nations. Then comes the sad feeling that they have rejected God and chosen idols Jer 10:17-18; then the nation's deep grief Jer 10:19-22 and earnest prayer Jer 10:23-25. It is quite possible that only portions of the concluding part of Jeremiah's templesermon were embodied in Baruch's scroll, and that had the whole been preserved, we should have found the thoughts as orderly in development as those in Jer. 7-9. |
7 So the carpenter [02796] encouraged [02388] the goldsmith [06884], and he that smootheth [02505] with the hammer [06360] him that smote [01986] the anvil [06471], saying [0559], It is ready [02896] for the sodering [01694]: and he fastened [02388] it with nails [04548], that it should not be moved [04131].
23 O LORD [03068], I know [03045] that the way [01870] of man [0120] is not in himself: it is not in man [0376] that walketh [01980] to direct [03559] his steps [06806].
24 O LORD [03068], correct [03256] me, but with judgment [04941]; not in thine anger [0639], lest thou bring me to nothing [04591].
25 Pour out [08210] thy fury [02534] upon the heathen [01471] that know [03045] thee not, and upon the families [04940] that call [07121] not on thy name [08034]: for they have eaten up [0398] Jacob [03290], and devoured [0398] him, and consumed [03615] him, and have made his habitation [05116] desolate [08074].
19 Woe [0188] is me for my hurt [07667]! my wound [04347] is grievous [02470]: but I said [0559], Truly [0389] this is a grief [02483], and I must bear [05375] it.
20 My tabernacle [0168] is spoiled [07703], and all my cords [04340] are broken [05423]: my children [01121] are gone forth [03318] of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth [05186] my tent [0168] any more, and to set up [06965] my curtains [03407].
21 For the pastors [07462] are become brutish [01197], and have not sought [01875] the LORD [03068]: therefore they shall not prosper [07919], and all their flocks [04830] shall be scattered [06327].
22 Behold, the noise [06963] of the bruit [08052] is come [0935], and a great [01419] commotion [07494] out of the north [06828] country [0776], to make [07760] the cities [05892] of Judah [03063] desolate [08077], and a den [04583] of dragons [08577].
17 Gather up [0622] thy wares [03666] out of the land [0776], O inhabitant [03427] of the fortress [04692].
18 For thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Behold, I will sling [07049] out the inhabitants [03427] of the land [0776] at this once [06471], and will distress [06887] them, that they may find [04672] it so.
23 Thus saith [0559] the LORD [03068], Let not the wise [02450] man glory [01984] in his wisdom [02451], neither let the mighty [01368] man glory [01984] in his might [01369], let not the rich [06223] man glory [01984] in his riches [06239]:
24 But let him that glorieth [01984] glory [01984] in this, that he understandeth [07919] and knoweth [03045] me, that I am the LORD [03068] which exercise [06213] lovingkindness [02617], judgment [04941], and righteousness [06666], in the earth [0776]: for in these things I delight [02654], saith [05002] the LORD [03068].