Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Jeremiah 27:4
and command them to say unto their masters, the rulers of the nations which they represented, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters:
and command them to say unto their masters, the rulers of the nations which they represented, Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say unto your masters:
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...
JEREMIAH 27-29. Certain linguistic peculiarities (_e.g._ the incorrect spelling, Nebuchadnezzar) suggest that these three Chapter s may have circulated as a separate pamphlet, _e.g._ in Babylon. They...
THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 7:3. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4....
Certain kings having sent to invite Zedekiah to join them in an attempt to overthrow the power of Babylon, Jeremiah warns them to desist as the attempt would be futile. Du. points out that Zedekiah's...
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...
B. Instructions for the Foreign Ambassadors Jeremiah 27:4-11 TRANSLATION (4) Command them to say to their lords: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus say unto your lords: I have made...
_AND COMMAND THEM TO SAY UNTO THEIR MASTERS, THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL; THUS SHALL YE SAY UNTO YOUR MASTERS;_ No JFB commentary on this verse....
1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....
THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. — As addressed to the outlying heathen nations, who were not His worshippers, the proclamation of the message, as coming from Jehovah Sabaoth, the God...
וְ צִוִּיתָ֣ אֹתָ֔ם אֶל ־אֲדֹֽנֵיהֶ֖ם לֵ אמֹ֑
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
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...
The time of this prophecy is noted, but it should seem, that though the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah then, he did pot deliver it till a considerable space after, for Jekoiakim's reign at the begi...
Though the Prophet was bidden to command the ambassadors to say to the kings by whom they had been sent, _Thus saith Jehovah, of hosts, _(178) they yet might have refused to do so, and that with indig...
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...
AND COMMAND THEM TO SAY UNTO THEIR MASTERS,.... The prophet is sent with authority, and ordered to speak in a very high strain, having his orders from the King of kings and Lord of lords; a greater ma...
And command them to say unto their masters, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Thus shall ye say unto your masters; Ver. 4. _Go, tell your masters._] But they would not be warned, and w...
SAY UNTO YOUR MASTERS: Or, concerning their masters, saying...
1-11 Jeremiah is to prepare a sign that all the neighbouring countries would be made subject to the king of Babylon. God asserts his right to dispose of kingdoms as he pleases. Whatever any have of t...
THE LORD OF HOSTS, who hath therefore a power over all the creatures; who though he be in a special sense THE GOD OF ISRAEL, yet his dominion is extended to your masters countries, as well as unto Isr...
Jeremiah 27:4 command H6680 (H8765) say H559 (H8800) masters H113 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts...
JEREMIAH WAS LATER COMMANDED TO SEND PARALLEL YOKES TO THE PLOTTERS OF REBELLION WHOSE AMBASSADORS WERE CONGREGATED IN JERUSALEM (JEREMIAH 27:3). The sending of the yokes to related nations, which wo...
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...
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...
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...
_I have made the earth._ GOD AND THE EARTH I. God is the creator of all earthly things: “The man and the beast that are upon the ground.” The earth is not eternal, net the production of chance, not...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 27:3 A group of ENVOYS had COME TO JERUSALEM to plot strategy for opposing Babylon. Jeremiah, God’s envoy, gave a message for these ambassadors to take to their kings....
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,...
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...
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...
Exodus 5:1; Jeremiah 10:10; Jeremiah 10:16; Jeremiah 25:27; Je