Jeremiah 10:7

Lexham English Bible

Contextual Overview

¹ Hear the word that Yahweh speaks to you, O house of Israel. ² Thus says Yahweh: "You must not learn the way of the nations, and you must not be dismayed by the signs of the heavens, for the nations are dismayed by them. ³ For the statutes of the peoples are vanity, for it is a tree cut down from the forest, the work of the hands of a craftsman with the tool. ⁴ He decorates it with silver and gold, they strengthen it with nails and hammers, so that it does not stagger. ⁵ They are like scarecrows in a cucumber field, they cannot speak. Indeed, they must be carried, for they cannot march. You must not be afraid of them, for they cannot do evil; furthermore, to do good is not in them." ⁶ There is none like you, O Yahweh, you are great and your name is great in might. ⁷ Who would not revere you, O king of the nations? For you it is fitting. For among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like you. ⁸ At the same time they are stupid and foolish, in the instruction of idols, it is wood. ⁹ Silver beaten from Tarshish is brought, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and the hands of the goldsmith. Blue and purple are their clothing, all of them are the work of skillful people. ¹⁰ But Yahweh is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king. Because of his wrath the earth quakes, and the nations cannot endure his anger.

Bible Verse Review
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would: Jeremiah 5:22, Job 37:23, Job 37:24, Luke 12:5, Revelation 15:4

O King: Psalms 22:28, Psalms 72:11, Psalms 86:9, Isaiah 2:4, Zechariah 2:11, Revelation 11:15

to thee: or, it liketh thee, Psalms 76:7

among: Jeremiah 10:6, Psalms 89:6, 1 Corinthians 1:19, 1 Corinthians 1:20

Reciprocal: Exodus 8:10 - there is none Exodus 15:11 - fearful Joshua 3:11 - the Lord Joshua 4:24 - ye might Judges 3:20 - he arose 2 Samuel 7:22 - none 2 Samuel 22:32 - For who 2 Kings 17:25 - they feared 2 Kings 17:39 - the Lord 1 Chronicles 17:20 - none 1 Chronicles 21:30 - he was afraid 2 Chronicles 6:33 - fear thee 2 Chronicles 25:15 - which could Esther 1:13 - the wise Job 25:2 - Dominion Psalms 33:8 - the earth Psalms 35:10 - who Psalms 71:19 - who is like Psalms 86:8 - Among Psalms 89:7 - General Psalms 95:3 - For Psalms 96:4 - he is Isaiah 2:10 - for fear Isaiah 31:2 - he also Isaiah 44:8 - neither Isaiah 46:5 - General Jeremiah 44:10 - neither Jeremiah 50:35 - her wise men Amos 3:6 - and the people

Cross-References

Genesis 2:11
The name of the first is the Pishon. It went around all the land of Havilah, where there is gold.

1 Kings 10:1
Now the queen of Sheba had heard of the fame of Solomon regarding the name of Yahweh, and she came to test him with hard questions.

Psalms 72:10
Let the kings of Tarshish and the islands bring tribute. Let the kings of Sheba and Seba present gifts,

Isaiah 21:13
An oracle concerning Arabia: You will spend the night in the thicket in a desert-plateau, caravans of Dedanites.

Ezekiel 27:15
The people of Dedan were trading with you, many coastlands composed the region of your influence; they brought back horns of ivory and ebony as your payment.

Ezekiel 27:22
The traders of Sheba and Raamah were trading with you, with the finest of every spice and with every precious stone and gold; they exchanged all these for your merchandise.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Who would not fear thee, O King of nations?.... Not that the fear of him among the nations was general, or that he was owned by them as their King; but inasmuch as of right he was their King, so he ought to have been feared and reverenced by them; and it was an instance of great stupidity and ingratitude not to do it. The Targum renders it,

"King of all people;''

and the Syriac version, "King of all worlds"; some reference seems to be had to this passage in Revelation 15:3, where, instead of "King of nations", the Lord is called "King of saints"; and there refers to a time when he will be feared, that is, worshipped and served by all nations, as he ought to be:

for to thee doth it appertain; that is, fear belongs to him, it is his due; and this, with keeping the commandments of God, is the whole duty of man. The Vulgate Latin version is, "thine is the glory"; honour or praise, as the Syriac version; and so Jarchi interprets it of beauty or glory; but the Targum,

"thine is the kingdom;''

and so Kimchi; and to which agrees the Arabic version.

Forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee; that is, among all the wise kings of the nations, and all their wise counsellors, there is none like unto God for wisdom, or for glory and majesty; there is none of them that has such a kingdom as he has, or that governs it as he does; and as all their power and government, so all that wisdom by which they manage their political affairs, are from him.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

O King of nations - i. e., pagan nations. Yahweh is not the national God of the Jews only, but He reigns over all mankind Psalms 22:28.

It - i. e., everything.

In all their kingdoms - More correctly, “in all their royalty or kingship.”

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 10:7. Who would not fear thee — Who would not worship thee as the Author and Giver of all good? The fear of God is often taken for the whole of true religion.

Among all the wise men of the nation — Not even the wisest and most cultivated of the nations have ever found out any one equal to thee; but so exalted and holy art thou, that in all their wisdom and research they have never been able to find out the true God.