Jeremiah 10:24

Jeremiah 10:24 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
• New International Version (NIV)Discipline me, Lord, but only in due measure— not in your anger, or you will reduce me to nothing.
• English Standard Version (ESV)Correct me, O Lord, but in justice; not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
• New King James Version (NKJV)O Lord, correct me, but with justice; Not in Your anger, lest You bring me to nothing.

Context of Jeremiah 10:24

22The sound of a report! Behold, it is coming-- A great roar from the land of the north-- To make the cities of Judah A desolation, a haunt of jackals. 23I know, Lord, that a person’s way is not in himself, Nor is it in a person who walks to direct his steps. Correct me, Lord, but with justice; Not with Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing. 25Pour out Your wrath on the nations that do not know You, And on the families who do not call upon Your name; For they have devoured Jacob; They have devoured him and consumed him, And have laid waste his settlement.

Jeremiah 10:24 word by word

יַסְּרֵ֥נִי יְהוָ֖ה אַךְ־בְּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט אַל־בְּאַפְּךָ֖ פֶּן־תַּמְעִטֵֽנִי׃Read the interlinear

• Correctיָסַרyâsar · to disciplineH3256
• me, Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• but with justiceמִשְׁפָּטmishpâţ · justiceH4941
• Not with Your angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• orפֶּן־pên · lestH6435
• bringמָעַטmâ‛aţ · to diminishH4591

Cross-references for Jeremiah 10:24

• Jeremiah 30:11For I am with you,’ declares the Lord, ‘to save you; For I will completely destroy all the nations where I have scattered you, Only I will not destroy you completely. But I will discipline you fairly And will by no means leave you unpunished.’
• Psalms 6:1Lord, do not rebuke me in Your anger, Nor discipline me in Your wrath.
• Psalms 38:1Lord, do not rebuke me in Your wrath, And do not punish me in Your burning anger.
• Habakkuk 3:2Lord, I have heard the report about You, and I was afraid. Lord, revive Your work in the midst of the years, In the midst of the years make it known. In anger remember mercy.
• Job 6:18The paths of their course wind along, They go up into wasteland and perish.
• Isaiah 40:23It is He who reduces rulers to nothing, Who makes the judges of the earth meaningless.
• Isaiah 41:11Behold, all those who are angered at you will be shamed and dishonored; Those who contend with you will be as nothing and will perish.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 10:24

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 24Correct me, but with judgment - Let not the punishment be to the uttermost of the demerit of the offense; else we shall be brought to nothing - totally and irrecoverably ruined.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19-25Verses 19-25 The lamentation of the daughter of Zion, the Jewish Church, at the devastation of the land, and her humble prayer to God for mercy. Jeremiah 10:19 Grievous - Rather, “mortal,” i. e., fatal, incurable. A grief - Or, “my grief.” Jeremiah 10:20 tabernacle - i. e., “tent.” Jerusalem laments that her tent is plundered and her children carried into exile, and so “are not,” are dead Matthew 2:18, either absolutely, or dead to her in the remote land…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 17-25Verses 17-25 The Jews who continued in their own land, felt secure. But, sooner or later, sinners will find all things as the word of God has declared, and that its threatenings are not empty terrors. Submission will support the believer under every grief allotted to him; but what can render the load of Divine vengeance easy to be borne by those who fall under it in sullen despair? Those cannot expect to prosper, who do not, by faith and prayer, take God…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 23-25Jeremiah asked the Lord to unleash His anger not only on Judah but also on the nations that destroyed Israel. See Isaiah 26:9–11 and Habakkuk 1:17. These other kingdoms were so brutal that they turned the countryside into a barren wasteland. Jeremiah 10:25 quotes Psalm 79:6–7.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 24-2524-25. Since I (my nation) must be corrected (justice requiring it because of the deep guilt of the nation), I do not deprecate all chastisement, but pray only for moderation in it (Jr 30:11; Psa 6:1; 38:1); and that the full tide of Thy fury may be poured out on the heathen invaders for their cruelty towards Thy people. Psa 79:6, 7, a psalm to be referred to the time of the captivity, its composer probably repeated this from Jeremiah. The imperative…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 10:24

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Humility

In the dictionaries

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 10

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings