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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 29 - Introduction

* Two letters to the captives in Babylon; In the first, they are recommended to be patient and composed. (1-19) In the second, judgments are denounced against the false prophets who deceived them. (20-32)

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See also Jeremiah 29 - Introduction in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    Appended to this history of the struggle with the false prophets at home is a letter addressed to the exiles at Babylon Jeremiah 29. There was at Babylon as at Jerusalem the same determination of the...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    Jeremiah 29:1-32. Jeremiah's letter of warning to the exiles. The case of Shemaiah The section may be subdivided as follows. (i) Jeremiah 29:1. Heading. (ii) Jeremiah 29:4. The exiles are bidden to s...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    _JEREMIAH SENDETH A LETTER TO THE CAPTIVES IN BABYLON, TO BE QUIET THERE, AND NOT TO BELIEVE THE DREAMS OF THEIR PROPHETS, AND THAT THEY SHALL RETURN WITH GRACE AFTER SEVENTY YEARS. HE FORETELLETH THE...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    REVIEW OF CHAPTER THIRTEEN I. Facts to Master 1. Time, place, and results of the message delivered in Chapter 26. 2. Verdict rendered by the princes in the case of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 26:16). 3....

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    1:1 (e-0) (The title of this book, 'Jermiah'), The name may mean, 'Jah is exalted.' Compare the large use made of the name _ Jehovah_ in this book; it occurs about 700 times. _ Adonai Jehovah_ 14 time...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 29 Thus chapter contains a letter of Jeremiah to the captives in Babylon; and gives an account of another sent from thence by Shemaiah to the people at Jerusalem; and is clos...

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