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A Prayer for Correction, Not Wrath
Commentators highlight that Jeremiah's prayer is a model for believers in hardship. He doesn't ask to avoid God's discipline but pleads for it to be "with judgment" or "in measure." As Matthew Henry notes, the prayer is not "Lord, do not correct me," but "Lord, do not correct me in anger." This teaches us to accept God's corrective hand while appealing to His fatherly love to spare us from destructive wrath.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 10:19–25
18th Century
Theologian
The lamentation of the daughter of Zion, the Jewish Church, at the devastation of the land, and her humble prayer to God for mercy ([Reference Jere…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 10:24
19th Century
Bishop
With judgment. —The rendering is accurate, but the idea is, perhaps, better expressed by the translation of the same word in Jerem…
Charles Spurgeon
On Jeremiah 10:22–24
19th Century
Preacher
And a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons. O LORD, I know that the way of man …
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John Calvin
On Jeremiah 10:24
16th Century
Theologian
The Prophet again indirectly reproves and condemns the spiritual dullness of the people, because he saw that all his threats were despised.
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John Gill
On Jeremiah 10:24
17th Century
Pastor
O Lord, correct me, but with judgment
The prophet here represents the body of the Jewish nation, especially the godl…
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 …