Jeremiah 10:25
in Jeremiah 10Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, and on the families that do not call on Your name. For they have devoured Jacob; they have consumed him and finished him off; they have devastated his homeland.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Pour 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.
KJV
Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.
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This verse in Jeremiah 10
Commentary
4 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
(2.) It is a prediction of God's judgments upon all the impenitent enemies of his church and kingdom. If judgment begin thus at the house of God, what shall be the end of those that obey not his gospel? See how the heathen are described, on whom God's fury shall be poured out. [1.] They are strangers to God, and are content to be so.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Pour out thy fury upon the heathen - Even those who are now the executors of thy justice upon us will, in their turn, feel its scourge; for if judgment begins at us, who have been called thy house and thy people, shall they who have not acknowledged thee escape? It is impossible. The families and tribes which invoke thee not shall have thy fury poured out upon them, and especially they who “have eaten up Jacob and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate.” This was fulfilled in the Chaldeans.
The words behind it
22 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| שְׁפֹ֣ךְ | shefokh | pour out | H8210 → | 114 times |
| חֲמָתְךָ֗ | chamatekha | rage your | H2534 → | 125 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| הַגּוֹיִם֙ | hagoyim | the nations | H1471 → | 561 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֣ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| לֹֽא־ | lo'- | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| יְדָע֔וּךָ | yedaukha | they have known you | H3045 → | 945 times |
| וְעַל֙ | veal | and on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִשְׁפָּח֔וֹת | mishpachot | clans | H4940 → | 303 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| בְּשִׁמְךָ֖ | beshimkha | on name your | H8034 → | 864 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| קָרָ֑אוּ | karau | they have called | H7121 → | 733 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| אָכְל֣וּ | ʾakhelu | they have consumed | H398 → | 810 times |
| אֶֽת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| יַעֲקֹ֗ב | yaako | Jacob | H3290 → | 350 times |
| וַאֲכָלֻ֙הוּ֙ | vaakhaluhu | and they have consumed him | H398 → | 810 times |
| וַיְכַלֻּ֔הוּ | vaykhaluhu | and they have made an end of him | H3615 → | 208 times |
| וְאֶת־ | veet | and <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| נָוֵ֖הוּ | navehu | habitation his | H5116 → | 35 times |
| הֵשַֽׁמּוּ׃ פ | heshamu | they have devastated | H8074 → | 86 times |
שְׁפֹ֣ךְpour out
shefokhH8210 →114 times
חֲמָתְךָ֗rage your
chamatekhaH2534 →125 times
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
הַגּוֹיִם֙the nations
hagoyimH1471 →561 times
אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
לֹֽא־not
lo'-H3808 →5168 times
יְדָע֔וּךָthey have known you
yedaukhaH3045 →945 times
וְעַל֙and on
vealH5921 →5755 times
מִשְׁפָּח֔וֹתclans
mishpachotH4940 →303 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
בְּשִׁמְךָ֖on name your
beshimkhaH8034 →864 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
קָרָ֑אוּthey have called
karauH7121 →733 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
אָכְל֣וּthey have consumed
ʾakheluH398 →810 times
אֶֽת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
יַעֲקֹ֗בJacob
yaakoH3290 →350 times
וַאֲכָלֻ֙הוּ֙and they have consumed him
vaakhaluhuH398 →810 times
וַיְכַלֻּ֔הוּand they have made an end of him
vaykhaluhuH3615 →208 times
וְאֶת־and <obj.>
veetH853 →10935 times
נָוֵ֖הוּhabitation his
navehuH5116 →35 times
הֵשַֽׁמּוּ׃ פthey have devastated
heshamuH8074 →86 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 27:2When the wicked came upon me to devour my flesh, my enemies and foes stumbled and fell.
it leads to
- Psalms 118:12
They swarmed around me like bees, but they were extinguished like burning thorns; in the name of the LORD I cut them off.
- Psalms 3:7
Arise, O LORD! Save me, O my God! Strike all my enemies on the jaw; break the teeth of the wicked.
- Psalms 22:16
For dogs surround me; a band of evil men encircles me; they have pierced my hands and feet.
- Psalms 9:3
When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.
- Psalms 118:12
Through
Psalms 14:4Will the workers of iniquity never learn? They devour my people like bread; they refuse to call upon the LORD.
it leads to
- Psalms 79:6
Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not acknowledge You, on the kingdoms that refuse to call on Your name,
- Psalms 82:5
They do not know or understand; they wander in the darkness; all the foundations of the earth are shaken.
- Romans 1:28
Furthermore, since they did not see fit to acknowledge God, He gave them up to a depraved mind, to do what ought not to be done.
- Isaiah 64:7
No one calls on Your name or strives to take hold of You. For You have hidden Your face from us and delivered us into the hand of our iniquity.
- Psalms 79:6
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.