Let them come by their pretended knowledge which way they will, what they say is false; and the issue of your belief of what they say will be nothing but your carrying into captivity out of your own country, and your ruin and destruction.
TO REMOVE YOU FAR ... - That would be the result of their vaticinations....
CHAPTER 27 The Optimism of the False Prophets Contradicted _ 1. The call of Nebuchadnezzar to be the servant of God (Jeremiah 27:1) _ 2. The call to submit and to serve the king of Babylon (Jeremia...
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...
Certain kings having sent to invite Zedekiah to join them in an attempt to overthrow the power of Babylon, Jeremiah warns them to desist as the attempt would be futile. Du. points out that Zedekiah's...
_to remove you_ not of course that this was the false prophets" aim, but that it would be the result of their advice, if adopted....
Speedy deliverance from Babylon is not to be hoped for These three Chapter s belong to the time of Zedekiah. The power of Babylon had already been demonstrated as to Judah. Some of the people had bee...
B. Instructions for the Foreign Ambassadors Jeremiah 27:4-11 TRANSLATION (4) Command them to say to their lords: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus say unto your lords: I have made...
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. THEY PROPHESY A LIE ... TO REMOVE YOU - expressing the event which would...
1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....
TO REMOVE YOU FAR FROM YOUR LAND. — The prophet speaks of what he foresees will be the result of the rebellion to which soothsayers and diviners were urging men, as if it were actually contemplated by...
כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖ם נִבְּאִ֣ים לָכֶ֑ם לְמַ֨עַן...
CHAPTER IX HANANIAH Jeremiah 27:1, Jeremiah 28:1 "Hear now, Hananiah; Jehovah hath not sent thee, but thou makest this people to trust in a lie."- Jeremiah 28:15 THE most conspicuous point at issu
Having thus repeated the vision and prophecies of the earlier times, Jeremiah again addressed himself directly to Zedekiah. There can be no doubt that the marginal reading of 27:l must be adopted, and...
_To remove. Hebrew, "that I may," &c. This will be the effect, though contrary to their intention._...
I only detain the Reader on these verses to remark, how in all ages, the Church of God hath been infested by false prophets. With what caution ought men to hear!...
This verse also confirms what I have said, — that this discourse was designed for the Jews, and that it was peculiarly for them; for what is said here could not be applied to heathen nations. What the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 27 AND 28. Chapter s 27 and 28 go together. Their chief subject is the submission to the head of the Gentiles, which God requires of the Jews. But before dwel...
FOR THEY PROPHESY A LIE UNTO YOU,.... That which was vain and false, and proved so; though they might not know it was when delivered: TO REMOVE YOU FAR FROM YOUR LAND; not that they designed it by th...
For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish. Ver. 10. _To remove you far from your land._] So it would prove; and such wo...
_Hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners_ These nations, it must be observed, had their prophets as well as the Jews, or rather persons that pretended to foretel future events by consult...
THE MESSAGE OF THE YOKES...
for they prophesy a lie unto you to remove you far from your land, that being their object in making deliberate misstatements, AND THAT I SHOULD DRIVE YOU OUT, for refusing to obey His injunction to s...
1-11 Jeremiah is to prepare a sign that all the neighbouring countries would be made subject to the king of Babylon. God asserts his right to dispose of kingdoms as he pleases. Whatever any have of t...
Jeremiah 27:10 prophesy H5012 (H8737) lie H8267 far H7368 (H8687) land H127 out H5080 (H8689) perish...
WEARING THE YOKE OF SUBJECTION AND DEPENDENCE (JEREMIAH 27:1). At YHWH's command Jeremiah had to wear a yoke demonstrating bondage. Per the MT text this commenced at the beginning of Jehoiakim's reign...
JEREMIAH WAS LATER COMMANDED TO SEND PARALLEL YOKES TO THE PLOTTERS OF REBELLION WHOSE AMBASSADORS WERE CONGREGATED IN JERUSALEM (JEREMIAH 27:3). The sending of the yokes to related nations, which wo...
CONTENTS: Sign of the yokes, to surrounding Gentile kings. Warning of great calamity. CHARACTERS: God, Jehoiakim, Nebuchadnezzar, Zedekiah, Jeconiah. CONCLUSION: Those who refuse to serve the God wh...
Jeremiah 27:1. _In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim._ In the twelfth verse it is added, “I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah.” These occurrences induce some critics to believe that Jehoiakim...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—“Beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim.” There is authority for reading “_Zedekiah_” instead of “Jehoiakim.” Henderson substitutes “Zedekiah,...
EXPOSITION This and the two following chapters are closely connected. They all relate to the early part of the reign of Zedekiah, and con-rain warnings arising out of the deepening gloom of the politi...
Now Jeremiah goes on to declare that, In the beginning (Jeremiah 27:1) He's speaking this to the king Zedekiah. In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this w...
Ezekiel 14:9; Jeremiah 27:14; Jeremiah 27:15; Jeremiah 28:16;...