Jer 10:24, 30:11 | Geneva | STEP | O LORD, correct me, but with {q} judgment; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing. (q) Considering that God had revealed to him the certainty of their captivity he only prays that he would punish them with mercy which Isaiah calls in measure, measuring his rods by their infirmity for here by judgment is meant not only the punishment but also the merciful moderation of the same as in .

Jeremiah 10:24

O LORD, correct me, but with {q} judgment; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.

(q) Considering that God had revealed to him the certainty of their captivity Jer 7:16 he only prays that he would punish them with mercy which Isaiah calls in measure, Isa 27:8 measuring his rods by their infirmity 1Co 10:13 for here by judgment is meant not only the punishment but also the merciful moderation of the same as in Jer 30:11.

Jeremiah 30:11

For I [am] with thee, saith the LORD, to save thee: though I make a full end of all nations where I have scattered thee, yet will I not make a full end of thee: but I will correct thee in measure, and will not {h} leave thee altogether unpunished.

(h) In this is commanded God's great mercy toward his, who does not destroy them for their sins, but corrects and chastises them till he has purged and pardoned them and so burns the rods by which he punished them, Isa 33:1.