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Jeremiah 10 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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Hebrew words / lemmas
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classic sermon excerpts
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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

25 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 10, from the church fathers to the Puritans.

Calvin 21 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 Spurgeon 1 John Wesley 1

“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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