1 The unequal comparison of God and idols.
17 The prophet exhorts to flee from the calamity to come.
19 He laments the spoil of the tabernacle by foolish pastors.
23 He makes an humble supplication.

A.M. 3397. B.C. 607. 2:4 13:15-17 22:2 42:15 1Ki 22:19 Ps 50:7 Isa 1:10 28:14 Ho 4:1 Am 7:16 1Th 2:13 Re 2:29

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.

learn. Le 18:3 20:23 De 12:30,31 Eze 20:32

Be. Isa 47:12-14 Lu 21:25-28

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.

customs. Heb. statutes, or ordinances, are vanity. 8 2:5 Le 18:30 1Ki 18:26-28 Mt 6:7 Ro 1:21 1Pe 1:18

one. Isa 40:19 44:9-20 45:20 Ho 8:4-6 Hab 2:18,19

4 They deck it with silver and with gold; they fasten it with nails and with hammers, that it move not.

deck. Ps 115:4 135:15 Isa 40:19,20

fasten. Isa 41:6 44:12 46:7

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.

speak. Ps 115:5-8 135:16-18 Hab 2:19 1Co 12:2 Re 13:14,15

be borne. Isa 46:1,7

do evil. Isa 41:23,24 44:9,10 45:20 1Co 8:4

6 Forasmuch as there is none like unto thee, O LORD; thou art great, and thy name is great in might.

there. Ex 8:10 9:14 15:11 De 32:31 33:26 2Sa 7:22 Ps 35:10 86:8-10 Ps 89:6-8 Isa 40:18,25 46:5,9

thou. 32:18 Ne 4:14 9:32 Ps 48:1 96:4 145:3 147:5 Isa 12:6 Da 4:3 Mal 1:11

7 Who would not fear thee, O King of nations? for to thee doth it appertain: forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their kingdoms, there is none like unto thee.

would. 5:22 Job 37:23,24 Lu 12:5 Re 15:4

O king. Ps 22:28 72:11 86:9 Isa 2:4 Zec 2:11 Re 11:15

to thee. or, it liketh thee. Ps 76:7

among. 6 Ps 89:6 1Co 1:19,20

8 But they are altogether brutish and foolish: the stock is a doctrine of vanities.

altogether. Heb. in one, or at once. brutish. 14 51:17,18 Ps 115:8 135:18 Isa 41:29 Hab 2:18 Zec 10:2 Ro 1:21,22

the stock. 2:17 Isa 44:19 Ho 4:12

9 Silver spread into plates is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the workman, and of the hands of the founder: blue and purple is their clothing: they are all the work of cunning men.

Silver. See on ver. 4

Tarshish. 1Ki 10:22 Eze 27:12

Uphaz. Da 10:5

are all. Ps 115:4

10 But the LORD is the true God, he is the living God, and an everlasting king: at his wrath the earth shall tremble, and the nations shall not be able to abide his indignation.

the Lord. 1Ki 18:39 2Ch 15:3 Joh 17:3 1Th 1:9 1Jo 5:20

true God. Heb. God of truth. De 32:4 Ps 31:5 100:5 146:6

the living. 23:36 De 5:26 1Sa 17:26,36 Ps 42:2 84:2 Isa 37:4,17 Da 6:26 Mt 16:16 26:63 Ac 14:15 1Ti 5:17 Heb 10:31

everlasting king. Heb. King of eternity. Ps 10:16 93:2 145:13 Isa 57:15 Da 4:3,34 7:14 1Ti 1:17

at. Jud 5:4 Job 9:6 Ps 18:7 68:11 77:18 97:4 104:32 114:7 Mic 1:4 Na 1:6 Hab 3:6,10 Mt 27:51,52 Re 20:11

the nations. Ps 76:7 90:11 Joe 2:11 Na 1:6 Mal 3:2

11 Thus shall ye say unto them, The gods that have not made the heavens and the earth, even they shall perish from the earth, and from under these heavens.

Thus. In the Chaldean language. The gods.

Ps 96:5

they. 15 51:18 Isa 2:18 Zep 2:11 Zec 13:2 Re 20:2

under. La 3:66

12 He hath made the earth by his power, he hath established the world by his wisdom, and hath stretched out the heavens by his discretion.

hath made. 32:17 51:15-19 Ge 1:1,6-9 Job 38:4-7 Ps 33:6 136:5,6 Ps 146:5,6 148:4,5 Joh 1:3 Col 1:16

established. Ps 24:2 78:69 93:1 119:90 Pr 3:19 30:4 Isa 45:18 49:8

stretched. Job 9:8 26:7 Ps 104:2,24 Isa 40:22 42:5 44:24 45:12 48:13 Zec 12:1

13 When he uttereth his voice, there is a multitude of waters in the heavens, and he causeth the vapours to ascend from the ends of the earth; he maketh lightnings with rain, and bringeth forth the wind out of his treasures.

uttereth. Job 37:2-5 38:34,35 Ps 18:13 29:3-10 68:33

multitude. or, noise. He causeth. 1Ki 18:41,45,46 Job 36:27-33 Ps 135:7 147:8

maketh. Ex 9:23 1Sa 12:17,18 Job 38:25-27,34,35 Zec 10:1

with. or, for. bringeth. Job 38:22 Ps 135:17

14 Every man is brutish in his knowledge: every founder is confounded by the graven image: for his molten image is falsehood, and there is no breath in them.

man. 8 51:17,18 Ps 14:2 92:6 94:8 Pr 30:2 Isa 44:18-20 46:7,8 Ro 1:22,23

brutish in his knowledge. or, more brutish than to know. founder. 51:17 Ps 97:7 Isa 42:17 44:11 45:16

and. Ps 115:4-8 135:16-18 Hab 2:18,19

15 They are vanity, and the work of errors: in the time of their visitation they shall perish.

vanity. 8 8:19 14:22 51:18 De 32:21 1Sa 12:21 Isa 41:24,29 Jon 2:8 Ac 14:15

in the. 11 8:12 Isa 2:18-21 Zep 1:3,4 Zec 13:2

16 The portion of Jacob is not like them: for he is the former of all things; and Israel is the rod of his inheritance: The LORD of hosts is his name.

portion. 51:19 Ps 16:5,6 73:26 119:57 142:5 La 3:24

former. 12 Pr 16:4

Israel. Ex 19:5 De 32:9 Ps 74:2 135:4 Isa 47:6

the Lord. 31:35 32:18 50:34 Isa 47:4 51:15 54:5

17 Gather up thy wares out of the land, O inhabitant of the fortress.

A.M. 3404. B.C. 600. Thy wares. 6:1 Eze 12:3-12 Mic 2:10 Mt 24:15

inhabitant. Heb. inhabitress. 21:13

18 For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will sling out the inhabitants of the land at this once, and will distress them, that they may find it so.

I will. 15:1,2 16:13 De 28:63,64 1Sa 25:29

that. 23:20 Eze 6:10 Zec 1:6

19 Woe is me for my hurt! my wound is grievous; but I said, Truly this is a grief, and I must bear it.

Woe. 4:19,31 8:21 9:1 17:13 La 1:2,12 2:11 3:48

truly. Ps 39:9 77:10 Isa 8:17 La 3:18-21,39,40 Mic 7:9

20 My tabernacle is spoiled, and all my cords are broken: my children are gone forth of me, and they are not: there is none to stretch forth my tent any more, and to set up my curtains.

tabernacle. 4:20 Isa 54:2 La 2:4-6

my children. 31:15 Job 7:8 Pr 12:7 Isa 49:20-22

there. 4:20 Isa 51:16

21 For the pastors are become brutish, and have not sought the LORD: therefore they shall not prosper, and all their flocks shall be scattered.

the pastors. 8,14 2:8 5:31 8:9 12:10 23:9 Isa 56:10-12 Eze 22:25-30 Eze 34:2-10 Joh 10:12,13 Zec 10:3

their. 23:1 49:32 50:17 Eze 34:5,6,12 Zec 13:7

22 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.

the noise. 11:5 4:6 5:15 6:1,22 Hab 1:6-9

a den. 9:11 Mal 1:3

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.

Ps 17:5 37:23 119:116,117 Pr 16:1 20:24

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

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.

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.

Pour. Ps 79:6,7

that know. Job 18:21 Joh 17:25 Ac 17:23 1Co 15:34 1Th 4:5 2Th 1:8

call. Ps 14:4 Isa 43:22 64:7 Zep 1:6

eaten. 8:16 50:7,17 51:34,35 Ps 27:2 La 2:22 Eze 25:6-8 35:5-10 Ob 10-16 Zec 1:15