Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 10:24

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Jeremiah 10:24

1819–1905
Anglican
Charles Ellicott
Charles Ellicott

Charles Ellicott Commentary

Jeremiah 10:24

1819–1905
Anglican
SCRIPTURE

"O Jehovah, correct me, but in measure: not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing." — Jeremiah 10:24 (ASV)

With judgment. —The rendering is accurate, but the idea is, perhaps, better expressed by the translation of the same word in Jeremiah 30:11; Jeremiah 46:28 as “in measure.” In either case the discipline that comes from God as the righteous Judge, at once retributive and reformative, is contrasted with the punishment which is simply vindictive.

Lest you bring me to nothing. —Literally, lest you make me small; but the English Version is an adequate expression of the meaning.