Jeremiah 10:24

Chastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

23I have known, O Jehovah, that not of man [is] his way, Not of man the going and establishing of his step.

25Pour out Thy fury on the nations that have not known Thee, And on the families that have not called in Thy name, For they have eaten up Jacob, Yea, they have eaten him up, yea, they consume him, And his habitation they have made desolate!

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Cross References

Job 6:18Turn aside do the paths of their way, They ascend into emptiness, and are lost.

Psalms 6:2Favour me, O Jehovah, for I [am] weak, Heal me, O Jehovah, For troubled have been my bones,

Isaiah 28:28Bread -[corn] is beaten small, For not for ever doth he sorely thresh it, Nor crushed [it] hath a wheel of his cart, Nor do his hoofs beat it small.

Isaiah 41:11Lo, all those displeased with thee, They are ashamed and blush, They are as nothing, yea, perish Do the men who strive with thee.

Habakkuk 3:2O Jehovah, I heard thy report, I have been afraid, O Jehovah, Thy work! in midst of years revive it, In the midst of years Thou makest known In anger Thou dost remember mercy.

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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