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Zedekiah was restless under the Babylonian yoke, and the false
prophets found only too ready a hearing from him. He is addressed in
the plural because his feelings were fully shared by the mass of the...
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CHAPTER 27
The Optimism of the False Prophets Contradicted
_ 1. The call of Nebuchadnezzar to be the servant of God (Jeremiah
27:1) _
2. The call to submit and to serve the king of Babylon (Jeremia...
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THE WARNING TO ZEDEKIAH. Jeremiah also warns Zedekiah to the same
effect (Jeremiah 27:12), and tells priests and people not to believe
the prophets who promise an early return of the Temple vessels. L...
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Speedy deliverance from Babylon is not to be hoped for
These three Chapter s belong to the time of Zedekiah. The power of
Babylon had already been demonstrated as to Judah. Some of the people
had bee...
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The warning to Zedekiah. The LXX, apparently through an accident in
copying, omit much of these _vv_. They correspond in the main to the
previous passage, the warning against the false prophets in Jer...
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C. A Warning to Zedekiah Jeremiah 27:12-15
TRANSLATION
(12) And unto Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in a similar manner,
saying, (13) Why will you die, you and your people, by sword, famine
and pesti...
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For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in
my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and
the prophets that prophesy unto you.
IN MY NAME. The devi...
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1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....
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כִּ֣י לֹ֤א שְׁלַחְתִּים֙ נְאֻם
־יְהוָ֔ה וְ הֵ
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CHAPTER IX
HANANIAH
Jeremiah 27:1, Jeremiah 28:1
"Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee, but thou makest this
people to trust in a lie."- Jeremiah 28:15
THE most conspicuous point at issu
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Having thus repeated the vision and prophecies of the earlier times,
Jeremiah again addressed himself directly to Zedekiah. There can be no
doubt that the marginal reading of 27:l must be adopted, and...
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This must have been a painful service to Jeremiah, to go from one to
another, and with messages of evil. All God's servants have done the
same. Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 2:6....
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He confirms what he had said, that they had not been sent by God. The
object is to shew the Jews, that they were not to receive
thoughtlessly everything presented to them under God’s name, but
that th...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 27 AND 28.
Chapter s 27 and 28 go together. Their chief subject is the submission
to the head of the Gentiles, which God requires of the Jews. But
before dwel...
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FOR I HAVE NOT SENT THEM, SAITH THE LORD,.... See
Jeremiah 23:21; yet they prophesy a lie in my name; to deliver out a
lie was a very wicked thing, sinful in them, and fatal to others; but
to make us...
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_For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in
my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and
the prophets that prophesy unto you._
Ver. 15. _For they p...
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A LIE:
_ Heb._ in a lie, or lyingly...
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12-18 Jeremiah persuades the king of Judah to surrender to the king
of Babylon. Is it their wisdom to submit to the heavy iron yoke of a
cruel tyrant, that they may secure their lives; and is it not...
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They make use of my name, and pretend to say what they say by
commission from me, saith the Lord; but there is no such thing, I
never gave them authority to speak any such things. And though
possibly...
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Jeremiah 27:15 sent H7971 (H8804) says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068
prophesy H5012 (H8737) lie H8267 name...
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ZEDEKIAH HIMSELF IS ALSO WARNED OF THE NECESSITY FOR CONTINUED
SUBMISSION TO THE KING OF BABYLON (JEREMIAH 27:12).
Zedekiah is also warned by Jeremiah of the consequences of not
continuing to submit t...
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WEARING THE YOKE OF SUBJECTION AND DEPENDENCE (JEREMIAH 27:1).
At YHWH's command Jeremiah had to wear a yoke demonstrating bondage.
Per the MT text this commenced at the beginning of Jehoiakim's reign...
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CONTENTS: Sign of the yokes, to surrounding Gentile kings. Warning of
great calamity.
CHARACTERS: God, Jehoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar, Zedekiah, Jeconiah.
CONCLUSION: Those who refuse to serve the God wh...
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Jeremiah 27:1. _In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim._ In the
twelfth verse it is added, “I spake also to Zedekiah king of
Judah.” These occurrences induce some critics to believe that
Jehoiakim...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 27:12 Having delivered God’s message to
the other nations, Jeremiah now tells ZEDEKIAH the same thing: serving
BABYLON is God’s will....
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE
CHAPTER.—“Beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim.” There is
authority for reading “_Zedekiah_” instead of “Jehoiakim.”
Henderson substitutes “Zedekiah,...
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EXPOSITION
This and the two following chapters are closely connected. They all
relate to the early part of the reign of Zedekiah, and con-rain
warnings arising out of the deepening gloom of the politi...
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Now Jeremiah goes on to declare that,
In the beginning (Jeremiah 27:1)
He's speaking this to the king Zedekiah.
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah came this w...
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2 Chronicles 18:17; 2 Chronicles 25:16; 2 Thessalonians 2:9; 2 Timothy
2:17;...