Charles Spurgeon Commentary Jeremiah 10:20

"My tent is destroyed, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth from me, and they are not: there is none to spread my tent any more, and to set up my curtains." — Jeremiah 10:20 (ASV)

Alas, poor Israel! She was like a tent removed, with none to set her up again.

There are some churches today that are in this sad condition; the faithful are dwindling from among them, there are no new converts, and no earnest spirits, so that the church has to say, My tent is spoiled and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

Yes, poor afflicted church, that may be all true, yet your God can visit you and make the barren woman to keep house, and to be a joyful mother of children, and you who have lost your dearest ones, and seem now to have no stay left—your children are all taken from you, but your God can build you up. Is he not better to thee than ten sons; and has he not said to you, Thy Maker is thy Husband; the Lord of hosts is his name?