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Jeremiah 10:22 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 10 · verse 22
Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.Jeremiah 10:22 · King James Version
Jeremiah 10:22 in context
20My tabernacle 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.
21For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
22Behold, the noise of the bruit is come, and a great commotion out of the north country, to make the cities of Judah desolate, and a den of dragons.
23O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
24O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- commotionraʻashvibration, bounding, uproarH7494 →
- countryʼeretsthe earthH776 →
- citiesʻîyra city in the widest senseH5892 →
- noiseqôwla voice or soundH6963 →
- bruitshᵉmûwʻâhsomething heardH8052 →
- greatgâdôwlgreatH1419 →
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In these verses, I. The prophet threatens, in God's name, the approaching ruin of Judah and Jerusalem, Jer 10:17, Jer 10:18. The Jews that continued in their own land, after some were carried into captivity, were very secure; they thought themselves inhabitants of a fortress;
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 17-25