Jeremiah 10:19-25
10:19 a Jeremiah suffered personal loss along with his people; he spoke for the nation at large as well as for himself.10:20 b Jeremiah’s beloved home community of Anathoth was destroyed; even the town’s children were taken into exile. The same was true of the entire nation.
10:21 c The shepherds (priests and prophets; see 5:29-31 d) had turned their backs on the wisdom from the Lord that had been preserved in priestly memory and in the prophetic messages, both verbal and written. The divine decree predicted the utter failure of these leaders, as well as the resultant scattering of the people.
10:22 e The invading armies would reduce every town to rubble, and jackals (wild dogs) would make their dens in the tumbled ruins.
Summary for Jer 10:23-25: 10:23-25 f Jeremiah wanted the Lord to pour out his wrath, not simply on Judah, but on the nations who devoured your people Israel; cp. Isa 26:9-11 g; Hab 1:17 h. These other kingdoms had gone so far in their brutality that the countryside was a desolate wilderness. Jer 10:25 i is a quotation from Ps 79:6-7 j.
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