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Jeremiah 10 — Sermon Preparation
Idols made of wood and silver are mocked as scarecrows in a cucumber field; only the Lord is the true God who made the heavens. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 10, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 25
- verses
- 319 / 190
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 26
- classic sermon excerpts
- 6
- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 10 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| גּוֹי | gôwy | H1471 | 6 | nation, a Gentile |
| מַעֲשֶׂה | maʻăseh | H4639 | 4 | action, transaction |
| הֶבֶל | hebel | H1892 | 3 | emptiness, vanity |
| בָּעַר | bâʻar | H1197 | 3 | kindle, consume |
| שָׁמַיִם | shâmayim | H8064 | 3 | sky, aloft |
| גָּדוֹל | gâdôwl | H1419 | 3 | great, older |
| צָרַף | tsâraph | H6884 | 2 | fuse, refine |
How preachers through history handled this text
26 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“25. Pour out thy fury upon the heathen that know thee not, and upon the families that call not on thy name: for they have eaten up Jacob, and devoured him, and consumed him, and have made his habitation desolate. 25. Effunde iram tuam super gentes, quae te non noverunt, et super cognationes (vel, familias) quae nomen tuum non invocaverunt; quia comederunt Jacob, comederunt inquam ipsum, et consumpserunt eum, et tabernacula ejus vastarunt. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 2, on Jeremiah 10:25–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Jerusalem— Jer 10:17
- Tarshish 1— Jer 10:9
- Uphaz— Jer 10:9
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