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Jeremiah 10:23 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps. "
Jeremiah 10:23
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For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.
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.
O LORD, I know that the way of man is not in himself: it is not in man that walketh to direct his steps.
O LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
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.
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Jeremiah 10:1
"Hear ye the word which the LORD speaketh unto you, O house of Israel:"
Jeremiah 10:2
"Thus saith the LORD, Learn not the way of the heathen, and be not dismayed at the signs of heaven; for the heathen are dismayed at them."
Jeremiah 10:3
"For the customs of the people are vain: for one cutteth a tree out of the forest, the work of the hands of the workman, with the axe."
Jeremiah 10:4
"They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move"
Jeremiah 10:5
"They are upright as the palm tree, but speak not: they must needs be borne, because they cannot go. Be not afraid of them; for they cannot do evil, neither also is it in them to do good."
Jeremiah 10:6
"Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might."
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