Verse 24

Jeremiah 10:24

Bible in Basic English

24 O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.

Original Language Text

hebrew

יַסְּרֵ֥/נִי יְהוָ֖ה אַךְ בְּ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט אַל בְּ/אַפְּ/ךָ֖ פֶּן תַּמְעִטֵֽ/נִי

English Translation

Lord, you correct me, but in judgment; do not in your anger chasten me, lest you diminish me.

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Chapter 10 Context

1 Give ear to the word which the Lord says to you, O people of Israel: Focus ↗

2 This is what the Lord has said: Do not go in the way of the nations; have no fear of the signs of he... Focus ↗

3 For that which is feared by the people is foolish: it is the work of the hands of the workman; for a... Focus ↗

4 They make it beautiful with silver and gold; they make it strong with nails and hammers, so that it... Focus ↗

5 It is like a pillar in a garden of plants, and has no voice: it has to be lifted, for it has no powe... Focus ↗

6 There is no one like you, O Lord; you are great and your name is great in power. Focus ↗

7 Who would not have fear of you, O King of the nations? for it is your right: for among all the wise... Focus ↗

8 But they are together like beasts and foolish: the teaching of false gods is wood. Focus ↗

9 Silver hammered into plates is sent from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the expert workm... Focus ↗

10 But the Lord is the true God (Elohim); he is the living God (Elohim) and an eternal king: when he is... Focus ↗

11 This is what you are to say to them: The gods who have not made the heavens and the earth will be cu... Focus ↗

12 He has made the earth by his power, he has made the world strong in its place by his wisdom, and by... Focus ↗

13 At the sound of his voice there is a massing of waters in the heavens, and he makes the mists go up... Focus ↗

14 Then every man becomes like a beast without knowledge; every gold-worker is put to shame by the imag... Focus ↗

15 They are nothing, a work of error: in the time of their punishment, destruction will overtake them. Focus ↗

16 The heritage of Jacob is not like these; for the maker of all things is his heritage: the Lord of ar... Focus ↗

17 Get your goods together and go out of the land, O you who are shut up in the walled town. Focus ↗

18 For the Lord has said, I will send the people in flight like a stone from the land at this time, tro... Focus ↗

19 Sorrow is mine for I am wounded! my wound may not be made well; and I said, Cruel is my disease, I m... Focus ↗

20 My tent is pulled down and all my cords are broken: my children have gone from me, and they are not:... Focus ↗

21 For the keepers of the sheep have become like beasts, not looking to the Lord for directions: so the... Focus ↗

22 News is going about, see, it is coming, a great shaking is coming from the north country, so that th... Focus ↗

23 O Lord, I am conscious that a man's way is not in himself: man has no power of guiding his steps. Focus ↗

24 O Lord, put me right, but with wise purpose; not in your wrath, or you will make me small.

25 Let your wrath be let loose on the nations which have no knowledge of you, and on the families who g... Focus ↗

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