Date: 5/19/12
Read
10:6 I said,*
"There is no one like you, Lord.*
You are great.
And you are renowned for your power.*
10:7 Everyone should revere you, O King of all nations,*
because you deserve to be revered.*
For there is no one like you
among any of the wise people of the nations nor among any of their kings.*
10:8 The people of those nations* are both stupid and foolish.
Instruction from a wooden idol is worthless!*
10:9 Hammered-out silver is brought from Tarshish*
and gold is brought from Uphaz* to cover those idols.*
They are the handiwork of carpenters and goldsmiths.*
They are clothed in blue and purple clothes.*
They are all made by skillful workers.*
10:10 The Lord is the only true God.
He is the living God and the everlasting King.
When he shows his anger the earth shakes.
None of the nations can stand up to his fury.
10:11 You people of Israel should tell those nations this:
'These gods did not make heaven and earth.
They will disappear* from the earth and from under the heavens.'*
10:12 The Lord is the one who* by his power made the earth.
He is the one who by his wisdom established the world.
And by his understanding he spread out the skies.
10:13 When his voice thunders,* the heavenly ocean roars.
He makes the clouds rise from the far-off horizons.*
He makes the lightning flash out in the midst of the rain.
He unleashes the wind from the places where he stores it.*
10:14 All these idolaters* will prove to be stupid and ignorant.
Every goldsmith will be disgraced by the idol he made.
For the image he forges is merely a sham.*
There is no breath in any of those idols.*
10:15 They are worthless, mere objects to be mocked.*
When the time comes to punish them, they will be destroyed.
10:16 The Lord, who is the inheritance* of Jacob's descendants,* is not like them.
He is the one who created everything.
And the people of Israel are those he claims as his own.*
He is known as the Lord who rules over all."*
Record
He is known as the Lord who rules over all. (NET)The dLord of hosts is His name. (NASB)
Yahweh of •Hosts is His name. (HCSB)
Reflect
- God is and does. We should be and should do. That's one way we are "other than."
- Everything about God, idols, God worshipers, and idol worshipers will be revealed "when the time comes." Rest in worshiping God despite the objections (internal and external) because all will be revealed in Truth when the Day comes.
- Lord of Hosts
- NET: 35 tn Heb "Yahweh of armies is his name."
- NET: (from note on 2.19) 48 tn Heb "the Lord Yahweh, [the God of] hosts." For the title Lord God see the study note on 1:6. For the title "who rules over all" see the following study note. The title "the Lord who rules over all" is a way of rendering the title "Yahweh of armies." It is an abbreviation of a longer title "Yahweh the God of armies" which occurs five times in Jeremiah (see, e.g., 44:7). The abbreviated title occurs seventy-seven times in the book of Jeremiah. On thirty-two occasions it is further qualified by the title "the God of Israel," showing his special relation to Israel. On six occasions it is preceded by the title "Lord" (see, e.g., 46:10) and twice it is preceded by the title "the King" (see, e.g., 51:17). Both titles emphasize his sovereignty. Twice it is said that he is the maker of all things (10:16; 51:19), and once it is said that he made the earth and the people and animals on it and gives them into the control of whomever he wishes (27:4–5). On two occasions it is emphasized that he also made the heavenly elements and controls the natural elements of wind, rain, thunder, and hail (31:35; 51:14–16). All this is consistent with usage elsewhere where the "armies" over which he has charge are identified as (1) the angels which surround his throne (Isa 6:3, 5; 1 Kgs 22:19) and which he sends to protect his servants (2 Kgs 6:17), (2) the natural forces of thunder, rain, and hail (Isa 29:6; Josh 10:11; Judg 5:4, 5) through which he sends the enemy into panic and "gums" up their chariot wheels, (3) the armies of Israel (1 Sam 17:45) which he leads into battle (Num 10:34–35; Josh 5:14, 15) and for whom he fights as a mighty warrior (Exod 15:3; Isa 42:13; Ps 24:8), and even (4) the armies of the nations which he musters against his disobedient people (Isa 13:14). This title is most commonly found in the messenger formula "Thus says…" introducing both oracles of judgment (on Israel [e.g., 9:7, 15] and on the nations [e.g. 46:19; 50:18]; and see in general 25:29–32). It emphasizes his sovereignty as the king and creator, the lord of creation and of history, and the just judge who sees and knows all (11:20; 20:12) and judges each person and nation according to their actions (Jer 32:18–19). In the first instance (in the most dominant usage) this will involve the punishment of his own people through the agency of the Babylonians (cf., e.g., 25:8–9). But it will also include the punishment of all nations, including Babylon itself (cf. Jer 25:17–26, 32–38), and will ultimately result in the restoration of his people and a new relation with them (30:8; 31:35–37).
- To oppose or neglect the Lord of Hosts is pure folly - he rules over all armies! (Note: the positive version of this in Eccl - everything is vanity except fearing God and keeping his commandments.)
- Trying to live "the Christian life" is not the ideal. He is Commander and Sovereign Ruler, and our true measure is our alignment and submissiveness to him and his will. We are either working under the banner of the King for his purpose, or we are working perpendicular to it, or we are working directly against it. More than just our actions, our will is either aligned, perpendicular, or inverse. Being a good little Christian is about you and the goodness (or lack of badness) in your praxis and thoughts. Serving the sovereign ruler is about seeing his will and purpose, and then being undeterred in aligning oneself and aggressively pursuing them with one's life. It's the contrast between living one's own life within the parameters and committing one's life to the King's service; the difference between being within his will and pursuing his will; the difference between coloring within the lines and producing art that glorifies him; the difference between being content to hit the target and never resting until you hit the bull's eye.
Respond
- Father, I am too easily contented with merely being within your will (and am not always that, anyway). Give me a "holy discontent" until every molecule in my body aggressively pursues your will.
Colby E. Kinser
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