Jeremiah 10 · Verse 24

Jeremiah 10:24

O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Jeremiah 10:24, King James Version

Jeremiah 10:24 in other translations

BSBCorrect me, O LORD, but only with justice— not in Your anger, or You will bring me to nothing.
WEBLORD, correct me, but gently; not in your anger, lest you reduce me to nothing.
ASVO Jehovah, correct me, but in measure; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
YLTChastise me, O Jehovah, only in judgment, Not in Thine anger, lest Thou make me small.
DARBYJehovah, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
BBEO Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.
WebsterO LORD, correct me, but with judgment; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

What does Jeremiah 10:24 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 10:24-25
24-25. Since I (my nation) must be corrected (justice requiring it because of the deep guilt of the nation), I do not deprecate all chastisement, but pray only for moderation in it (Jr 30:11; Psa 6:1; 38:1); and that the full tide of Thy fury may be poured out on the heathen invaders for their cruelty towards Thy people. Psa 79:6, 7, a psalm to be referred to the time of the captivity, its composer probably repeated this from Jeremiah. The imperative, "Pour out," is used instead of the future, expressing vividly the certainty of the prediction, and that the word of God itself effects its own declarations. Accordingly, the Jews were restored after correction; the Babylonians were utterly extinguished. know thee ... call ... on thy name--Knowledge of God is the beginning of piety; calling on Him the fruit. heathen ... Jacob--He reminds God of the distinction He has made between His people whom Jacob represents, and the heathen aliens. Correct us as Thy adopted sons, the seed of Jacob; destroy them as outcasts (Zec 1:14, 15, 21).

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 24 Correct me, but with judgment - Let not the punishment be to the uttermost of the demerit of the offense; else we shall be brought to nothing - totally and irrecoverably ruined.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 10:17-25

The Jews who continued in their own land, felt secure. But, sooner or later, sinners will find all things as the word of God has declared, and that its threatenings are not empty terrors. Submission will support the believer under every grief allotted to him; but what can render the load of Divine vengeance easy to be borne by those who fall under it in sullen despair? Those cannot expect to prosper, who do not, by…

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Jeremiah 10:24 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

יַסְּרֵ֥נִיya.se.Re.nicorrect meH3256
יְהוָ֖הYah.wehO YahwehH3068
אַךְ\־'akh-onlyH389
בְּמִשְׁפָּ֑טbe.mish.Patin justiceH4941
אַל\־'al-may not [it be]H408
בְּאַפְּךָ֖be.'a.pe.Khain anger yourH639
פֶּן\־pen-lestH6435
תַּמְעִטֵֽנִי\׃tam.'i.Te.niyou should diminish meH4591

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 10:24

  • Psalms 38:1

    A Psalm of David, to bring to remembrance. O Lord, rebuke me not in thy wrath: neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

  • Psalms 6:1

    To the chief Musician on Neginoth upon Sheminith, A Psalm of David. O Lord, rebuke me not in thine anger, neither chasten me in thy hot displeasure.

  • Jeremiah 30:11

    For I am with thee, saith the Lord, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations whither I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not leave thee altogether unpunished.

  • Isaiah 40:23

    That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges of the earth as vanity.

  • Job 6:18

    The paths of their way are turned aside; they go to nothing, and perish.

  • Isaiah 41:11-12

    Behold, all they that were incensed against thee shall be ashamed and confounded: they shall be as nothing; and they that strive with thee shall perish. Thou shalt seek them, and shalt not find them, even them that contended with thee: they that war against thee shall be as nothing, and as a thing of nought.

  • Habakkuk 3:2

    O Lord, I have heard thy speech, and was afraid: O Lord, revive thy work in the midst of the years, in the midst of the years make known; in wrath remember mercy.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
correct.
30:11; Ps 6:1; 38:1; Hab 3:2
lest.
Job 6:18; Isa 40:23; 41:11,12
bring me to nothing. Heb. diminish me.

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Context

  • Jeremiah 10:23

    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 10:24

    O Lord, correct me, but with judgment; not in thine anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

  • Jeremiah 10:25

    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.

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Jeremiah 10:24 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Castígame, oh Jehová, mas con juicio; no con tu furor, porque no me aniquiles.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Éternel! corrige-moi, mais avec mesure, non dans ta colère, de peur que tu ne me rendes chétif.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Züchtige mich, Jehova, doch nach Gebühr; nicht in deinem Zorne, daß du mich nicht aufreibest
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Corripe me, Domine, verumtamen in judicio, et non in furore tuo, ne forte ad nihilum redigas me.