Jeremiah 10:24
in Jeremiah 10Correct me, O LORD, but only with justice—not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
KJV
O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
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This verse in Jeremiah 10
Commentary
3 notes on this verseon Jeremiah 10:24-25
(Verse 24, 25.) Rebuke me, O Lord, but with justice, not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing. Pour out your indignation on the nations that do not know you, and on the provinces (or generations) that have not invoked your name, for they have devoured Jacob and consumed his dwelling place, and they have scattered (or reduced to desolation) his glory (or pasture). We also read this passage in the psalm: O Lord, do not rebuke me in your anger; do not discipline me in your wrath (Psalm 6:1; 38:1).
This site's exposition
the way of man is not in himself
on Jeremiah 10:23-25
The chapter closes with Jeremiah's own prayer, the way of man is not in himself, it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps, an admission that reframes the whole chapter's argument about idols and the nations, the man praying it claims no more self-direction than the wood he mocked, only a different God to answer to. Correct me, but with judgment, not in thine anger asks for discipline without destruction, and the closing plea, pour out thy fury upon the heathen, for they have eaten up Jacob, turns the prayer outward, an appeal the bench reads as intercession for the covenant people rather than personal revenge.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
Correct me - Seeing thou wilt punish us, let it be a correction only, not a destruction. Let it be in measure; in the midst of judgment remember mercy.
The words behind it
8 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| יַסְּרֵ֥נִי | yasereni | correct me | H3256 → | 43 times |
| יְהוָ֖ה | yahweh | O Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| אַךְ־ | ʾakh- | only | H389 → | 161 times |
| בְּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט | bemishpat | in justice | H4941 → | 422 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not [it be] | H408 → | 724 times |
| בְּאַפְּךָ֖ | beapekha | in anger your | H639 → | 276 times |
| פֶּן־ | pen- | lest | H6435 → | 133 times |
| תַּמְעִטֵֽנִי׃ | tamiteni | you should diminish me | H4591 → | 22 times |
יַסְּרֵ֥נִיcorrect me
yasereniH3256 →43 times
יְהוָ֖הO Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
אַךְ־only
ʾakh-H389 →161 times
בְּמִשְׁפָּ֑טin justice
bemishpatH4941 →422 times
אַל־may not [it be]
ʾal-H408 →724 times
בְּאַפְּךָ֖in anger your
beapekhaH639 →276 times
פֶּן־lest
pen-H6435 →133 times
תַּמְעִטֵֽנִי׃you should diminish me
tamiteniH4591 →22 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 38:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
it leads to
- Isaiah 54:8
In a surge of anger I hid My face from you for a moment, but with everlasting kindness I will have compassion on you,” says the LORD your Redeemer.
- Psalms 6:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- Hebrews 12:5–11
And you have forgotten the exhortation that addresses you as sons: “My son, do not take lightly the discipline of the Lord, and do not lose heart when He rebukes you.
- Isaiah 54:8
Through
Psalms 6:1O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
it leads to
- Psalms 38:1
O LORD, do not rebuke me in Your anger or discipline me in Your wrath.
- Psalms 118:18
The LORD disciplined me severely, but He has not given me over to death.
- Jeremiah 46:28
And you, My servant Jacob, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, for I am with you. Though I will completely destroy all the nations to which I have banished you, I will not…
- 1 Corinthians 11:31–32
Now if we judged ourselves properly, we would not come under judgment.
- Isaiah 57:16
For I will not accuse you forever, nor will I always be angry; for then the spirit of man would grow weak before Me, with the breath of those I have made.
- Psalms 38:1
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations; John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.