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 35. A LESSON IN OBEDIENCE FROM THE RECHABITES. These were the
descendants of that Jonadab who, in 842, aided Jehu to overthrow the
house of Ahab and the cult of Baal of Tyre (2 Kings 10:15 *); they
were connected with the Kenites (1 Chronicles 2:55), from whom the
worship of Yahweh may have... [ Continue Reading ]