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A Final, Urgent Warning
Scholars see this verse as a sharp, urgent shift in Jeremiah's message. After a long section on idolatry, he returns to the main theme: judgment is no longer a future threat, but an immediate reality. Commentators like Calvin note the tone is almost ironic, like a messenger shouting war news to a complacent people. The command to 'pack up' signifies that the time for repentance has passed and exile is at the door.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 10:17
18th Century
Theologian
The prophet now returns to the main subject of his sermon, the conquest of Judea.
Your wares – Rather, your bundle, which could contai…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 10:17
19th Century
Bishop
Gather up thy wares. —The section from Jeremiah 10:1-16 inclusive had been like a long parenthesis, reproving Israel for the sin w…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 10:17–18
19th Century
Preacher
They had fled to their fortresses for shelter, for the Babylonians were coming up against them; but no hope of deliverance was held out to them, an…
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 10:17–18
16th Century
Theologian
The first verse we have recited, the Rabbis think, is addressed to the Chaldeans, but in my view, very incorrectly.
Jeremiah had indeed said…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 10:17
17th Century
Pastor
Gather up your wares out of the land
Or your merchandise, as the Targum; or your substance, as the Septuagint; all v…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 10:17–25
17th Century
Minister
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 …