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A narrative showing the effects of Jeremiah’s letter. Shemaiah the
leader of the false prophets wrote to Zephaniah, urging him to
restrain the prophet’s zeal with the prison and the stocks.
Jeremiah...
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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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Shemaiah the Nehelamite rebuked and threatened.
On the arrival at Babylon of Jeremiah's letter, which ends with
Jeremiah 29:23, there is much indignation on the part of the false
prophets, and one of...
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B. A Letter from Babylon Jeremiah 29:24-29
TRANSLATION
(24) And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall say, Thus says
the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have sent in your
name le...
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Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
A second communication which Jeremiah sent to Babylon after the
messengers who carried his first letter had brought a letter from the...
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29:28 It (b-11) i.e. the captivity....
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1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
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THIS CAPTIVITY IS LONG... — As the italics show, there is no word
corresponding to “captivity” in the Hebrew, and some commentators
render the words, _It is far off_... as though Jeremiah had counted...
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כִּ֣י עַל ־כֵּ֞ן שָׁלַ֥ח אֵלֵ֛ינוּ
בָּבֶ֥ל לֵ
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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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_Time, before you will return. (Haydock) --- Sophonias read the
letter, approving of its contents, (St. Jerome) though this is not
certain. He took no violent steps against Jeremias, as Phassur had
do...
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I cannot help admiring the gracious providence of God over the Church,
in that the events which took place in one age, so exactly corresponds
to what takes place in another: as if to prove to God's fa...
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The crime ascribed to Jeremiah was, — that he rendered the captives
indifferent, so that they cast off every hope of deliverance, and
disregarded their own country. But the design of Jeremiah was far...
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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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FOR THEREFORE HE SENT UNTO US [IN] BABYLON, SAYING,.... That is,
Jeremiah the prophet; and this was the reason, because his mouth was
not stopped, and he restrained from prophesying; so that Shemaiah...
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For therefore he sent unto us [in] Babylon, saying, This [captivity
is] long: build ye houses, and dwell [in them]; and plant gardens, and
eat the fruit of them.
Ver. 28. _For therefore he sent to us...
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_Thus shalt thou speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite_ Or, _the dreamer_,
as the word הנחלמי, is rendered in the margin: see Jeremiah
29:8. The termination, however, rather shows it to be a word
expressin...
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For therefore he sent unto us in Babylon, saying, This captivity is
long; build ye houses and dwell in them; and plant gardens and eat the
fruit of them. Cf v. 5....
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The Doom of Shemaiah Foretold
Jeremiah's letter to the men in exile had evidently caused a great
stir among the false prophets in Babylon, who had predicted a speedy
termination of the exile. Accordi...
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20-32 Jeremiah foretells judgments upon the false prophets, who
deceived the Jews in Babylon. Lying was bad; lying to the people of
the Lord, to delude them into a false hope, was worse; but pretendi...
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The matter of fact was true, as appeared Jeremiah 29:5,6, but it was
false that this was the effect of phrensy, or that he spake this of
his own head without commission from God; for he wrote nothing...
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Jeremiah 29:28 sent H7971 (H8804) Babylon H894 saying H559 (H8800)
This H1931 long H752 build H1129 ...
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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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POSTSCRIPT CONCERNING THE REQUEST FROM SHEMAIAH THE PROPHET IN BABYLON
CALLING FOR JEREMIAH TO BE SEVERELY DISCIPLINED AS A FALSE PROPHET
BECAUSE OF HIS DECLARATIONS THAT DELIVERANCE WOULD BE DELAYED,...
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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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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 29:27 Shemaiah does not consider
Jeremiah’s letter (vv. Jeremiah 29:4) either comforting or true.
Rather, he believes prophets like Hananiah who prophesy a short...
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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...