Bible Commentaries
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Jeremiah 10
the way of the heathen. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 18:3; Leviticus 20:23).
heathen = nations.
customs = statutes, or ordinances.
people = peoples.
vain = a breath.
one cutteth a tree = it [is only] a tree which one cutteth.
Who . . . ? Words quoted in "the song of Moses and the Lamb" (Revelation 15:3, Revelation 15:4).
Tarshish. See note on 1 Kings 10:22.
Uphaz. Probably = Ophir. Compare 1 Kings 9:28; 1 Kings 10:11.
the living God. Both words in plural, referring to the triune God.
everlasting king = king of the ages, or, of eternity.
Thus shall ye say, &c. This verse is in Chaldee, to serve as a confession of their faith in their exile.
not made . . . shall perish. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia. Hebrew. "abadu ye"badu.
vanity. The common appellative for idols.
errors = mockeries.
the time of their visitation. See note on Jeremiah 8:12.
The Portion of Jacob. Reference to Pentateuch (Numbers 18:20. Deuteronomy 32:9).
Jacob. Not Israel, because the natural seed is spoken of as in Deuteronomy 32:9. See notes on Genesis 32:28; Genesis 43:6.
Former = Framer.
The LORD of hosts. See note on Jeremiah 6:6.
Gather up = Gather in. Occurs only here.
wares = bundle. For that is all they would be able to take with them.
inhabitant = inhabitress. Put for "the daughter of Zion".
fortress. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for the city Jerusalem.
I will sling. Put by Figure of speech Metonymy (of Adjunct), for all that is signified by it. Compare Isaiah 22:17, Isaiah 22:18.
find it so = discover the truth of it.
me. Zion now speaks in view of the coming deportation; or, Jeremiah voices the calamity.
a grief: or, my affliction.
and I = but I.
pastors = shepherds, or rulers.
are become. This points to Jehoiakim's reign.
the LORD. Hebrew. Jehovah.(with"eth) = Jehovah Himself. App-4.
noise = voice.
bruit = rumour. French bruit, a voice, from Breton (Celtic) bruchellein, to roar (as a lion). Compare Greek. bruchao-mai.
north. Compare Jeremiah 1:15; Jeremiah 5:15; Jeremiah 6:22, &c.
dragons = jackals.
is not in = belongs not to.
it is not. Some codices, with two early printed editions, Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "nor".
direct = establish.
families. Some codices read "kingdoms". Compare Psalms 79:6.
Thy name = Thee (emphatic). See note on Psalms 20:1.
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