Jeremiah 27:12-22

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. Let the prophets rather pray that the vessels left by the Babylonians be not also carried off; for Yahweh intends to remove these also, that they may remain in Babylon until His appointed time. This warning was apparently successful; Zedekiah did not revolt until four or five years later. In order to quell the suspicions excited by the embassies of Jeremiah 27:3, he may have made the journey to Babylon mentioned in Jeremiah 51:59.

Jeremiah 27:16. the vessels of Yahweh's house: the popular emblems of patriotism and religion, carried off in 597; cf. Jeremiah 27:20.

Jeremiah 27:16. LXX has a shorter text, without any promise of the ultimate restoration of these vessels.

Jeremiah 27:19. For the details, see on 1 Kings 7:15 ff. The larger objects were broken up in 586, and the metal carried to Babylon (Jeremiah 52:17); the smaller were restored by Cyrus in 538 (Ezra 1:7).