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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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UNTO THEM. Some codices, with four early printed editions, read "unto
you".
RISING UP EARLY, &C. See note on Jeremiah 7:13....
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The impending fate of Zedekiah and his people. Cp. Jeremiah 24:8-10....
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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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_BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT HEARKENED TO MY WORDS, SAITH THE LORD, WHICH I
SENT UNTO THEM BY MY SERVANTS THE PROPHETS, RISING UP EARLY AND
SENDING THEM; BUT YE WOULD NOT HEAR, SAITH THE LORD._
No JFB comm...
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1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
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תַּ֛חַת אֲשֶֽׁר ־לֹא ־שָׁמְע֥וּ אֶל
־דְּבָרַ֖י...
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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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Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I
sent to them by my servants the prophets, (l) rising early and sending
[them]; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
(l) Read (Jer...
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_By night, or "early," de nocte, as soon as the night was over.
(Haydock)_...
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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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The Prophet, after having denounced God’s judgment on those who
remained in their own country as well as on the exiles, subjoins this
reason, because they _hearkened not _to the word of the Lord; and...
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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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BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT HEARKENED TO MY WORDS, SAITH THE LORD,.... Which
were spoken to them by the prophets; not hearkening to them, but
despising them, were the same as not hearkening to him, and desp...
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Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I
sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and
sending [them]; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD.
Ver. 19. _B...
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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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A contempt of the word of the Lord was the cause of this people's
ruin, and will be the cause of ruin to any people. See JEREMIAH 7:26,
JEREMIAH 11:7,8 17:23. Lest they should say that they only disob...
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Jeremiah 29:19 heeded H8085 (H8804) words H1697 says H5002 (H8803)
LORD H3068 sent H7971 (H8804) servants...
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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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Hebrews 12:25; Jeremiah 25:3; Jeremiah 26:5; Jeremiah 32:33;...