Darby Translation NotesJeremiah 10

1:1 (e-0) (The title of this book, 'Jermiah'), The name may mean, 'Jah is exalted.' Compare the large use made of the name Jehovah in this book; it occurs about 700 times. Adonai Jehovah 14 times.

10:3 chisel (d-22) Others, 'an axe.'

10:8 stock. (e-16) Or 'wood is an instruction of vanity.'

10:11 (a-0) This verse is in Aramaic.

10:15 delusion. (b-7) Or 'mockery.'

10:16 rod (c-22) Or 'tribe.'

10:17 fortress. (d-13) Or 'thou that dwellest in the straitness' (i.e. 'distress') or 'in the siege.'

10:19 wound! (e-6) Lit. 'breach.'

10:21 wisely, (f-17) Or 'succeeded,' see ch. 20.11.