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These verses are not in the Septuagint. But the text of the Septuagint
is here throughout so brief and confused as to be explicable only on
the supposition, that it represents what was left behind in...
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JEREMIAH 29. THE FUTURE OF THE EXILES IN BABYLON (_c_. 595). Jeremiah
sends a letter by royal messengers to tell the exiles in Babylon to
settle down there for a lengthy stay, and not to be deceived b...
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OF. concerning....
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The impending fate of Zedekiah and his people. Cp. Jeremiah 24:8-10....
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_the king_ Zedekiah. See Jeremiah 28:1. See note on Jeremiah 29:24....
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5. _Refutation of the false prophets in Babylon_ (Jeremiah 29:15-20)
TRANSLATION
(15) Because you have said, The LORD has raised up for us prophets in
Babylon(16) Surely, thus says the LORD unto the...
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Know that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the
throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and
of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity...
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1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
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כִּי ־כֹ֣ה ׀ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה אֶל ־הַ
מֶּ֨לֶךְ֙
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CHAPTER X
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EXILES
Jeremiah 29:1
"Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon
roasted in the fire."- Jeremiah 29:22
NOTHING further is said about the pr...
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As a result of this false prophesying, Jeremiah sent a letter to the
exiles. It is evident that they also were disturbed. The letter
instructed them, first, concerning their present position, advising...
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That the Church might perfectly consider and understand the cause of
this Captivity: and that in general sins there should be general
calamities, the Lord declares the same or similar evils, for those...
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We now perceive for what purpose the Prophet, after having addressed
the captives, turned his discourse to King Zedekiah and to the Jews,
who as yet remained at home or in their own country; it was, t...
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On the other hand the prophet comforts those who, by the judgment of
God, were subjected to the yoke which He had imposed upon them. The
Jews in Babylon should dwell in peace, quietly seeking the welf...
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[KNOW] THAT THUS SAITH THE LORD,.... Or "for", or "wherefore thus
saith the Lord" x; for the word "know" is not in the text, and seems
needless; though it is also supplied by other interpreters y. The...
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Jeremiah 29:16 _[Know] that thus saith the LORD of the king that
sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth
in this city, [and] of your brethren that are not gone forth...
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_Thus saith the Lord of the king and all the people_, &c. See Jeremiah
24:8; _that dwell in this city_ Namely, the city of Jerusalem, which
is the city spoken of. _I will make them like vile figs_ Rat...
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8-19 Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose
after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and
dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in...
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The word KNOW is, as some think, needlessly supplied, for the
following particle might be as well translated _for_, or _because_, or
_therefore_. By the king he meaneth Zedekiah, whom he chooseth to
e...
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Jeremiah 29:16 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 king H4428 sits H3427
(H8802) throne H3678 David H1732 people...
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THEY ARE THEREFORE NOT TO LISTEN TO THE FALSE PROPHETS AS, RATHER THAN
EXPERIENCING QUICK RESTORATION, ZEDEKIAH AND JERUSALEM ARE DOOMED
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT LISTENED TO YHWH'S WORDS (JEREMIAH 29:15)...
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JEREMIAH'S LETTER TO THE EXILES (JEREMIAH 29:1).
Correspondence by letter was a constant feature of those days, and
indicates that the world was not static (compare the prophetic letters
from Shemaiah...
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CONTENTS: Message to the Jews of the first captivity. Action against
false prophets. Destruction foretold.
CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Elasah, Gemariah,
Ahab, Zedekiah, Shemaiah,...
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Jeremiah 29:10. _After seventy years._ See Jeremiah 26:1. Zechariah
fixes the captivity at the same number of years, and he flourished
sometime after Jeremiah's death. No doubt the captivity was exact...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—This
letter and its transmission are usually dated the fourth year of
Zedekiah’s reign (because of chap. Jeremiah 28:1), but Jeremiah 29:2...
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EXPOSITION
Despised and rejected at home, Jeremiah turned his thoughts to those
distant brethren in captivity, whom he had already likened to "good
figs, very good" (Jeremiah 24:3, Jeremiah 24:5). He...
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Now Jeremiah sent this letter, chapter 29, to those Jews that were in
Babylon. And, of course, this letter was sent to them and one of the
chief of the princes that was in Babylon was Daniel. So Danie...
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Ezekiel 24:1; Ezekiel 6:1; Jeremiah 24:2; Jeremiah 29:3; Jerem
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Of the king — Zedekiah....