Jeremiah 10:24

O LORD, correct me, but in measure; not in Thine anger, lest Thou diminish me.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

In Context

23O LORD, I know that man's way is not his own; it is not in man to direct his steps as he walketh.

25Pour out Thy wrath upon the nations that know Thee not, and upon the families that call not on Thy name; for they have devoured Jacob, yea, they have devoured him and consumed him, and have laid waste his habitation.

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Cross References

Job 6:18The paths of their way do wind, they go up into the waste, and are lost.

Psalms 6:2(6-3) Be gracious unto me, O LORD, for I languish away; heal me, O LORD, for my bones are affrighted.

Isaiah 28:28Is bread corn crushed? Nay, he will not ever be threshing it; and though the roller of his wagon and its sharp edges move noisily, he doth not crush it.

Isaiah 41:11Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded; they that strove with thee shall be as nothing, and shall perish.

Habakkuk 3:2O LORD, I have heard the report of Thee, and am afraid; O LORD, revive Thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make it known; in wrath remember compassion.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 10:18-25

Lamentation of Judah; Sovereignty of Divine Providence; Prophetic Imprecations. ( b. c. 606.) 17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress. 18 For thus saith the Lord , Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so. 19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous: but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it. 20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are… Read the whole commentary →

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