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 deal with
the rebuke of false hopes concerning a speedy return from exile.
JEREMIAH 30-31. THE FUTU... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH 33. PROMISES OF RESTORATION. There may be a Jeremianic
nucleus in the first half of the chapter, but Jeremiah 33:14, being
imitative, and omitted by LXX, is probably late. Yahweh the Restorer
promises to reveal great and secret things (Isaiah 48:6). In spite of
the present state of the city... [ Continue Reading ]