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Jeremiah 27:12-15

The warning to Zedekiah. The LXX, apparently through an accident in copying, omit much of these vv. They correspond in the main to the previous passage, the warning against the false prophets in Jeremiah 27:14 answering to that of Jeremiah 27:9. The plural is used throughout on account of many sympathisers among all ranks.

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See also Jeremiah 27:12-15 in other biblical comments:

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    THE WARNING TO ZEDEKIAH. Jeremiah also warns Zedekiah to the same effect (Jeremiah 27:12), and tells priests and people not to believe the prophets who promise an early return of the Temple vessels. L...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    I SPAKE: i.e. thirteen years after this prophecy came to him. See note on Jeremiah 27:1. TO ZEDEKIAH. It is not stated whether he ever addressed the two other kings. Jehoahaz and Zedekiah were the son...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. A Warning to Zedekiah Jeremiah 27:12-15 TRANSLATION (12) And unto Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in a similar manner, saying, (13) Why will you die, you and your people, by sword, famine and pesti...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. IKL I SPAKE ALSO - trans...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    I SPAKE ALSO TO ZEDEKIAH... — There was, as we see in Jeremiah 28:13, a party of resistance in Judah also, and they, too, were trusting in delusive prophecies of the overthrow of the Chaldæan monarchy...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אֶל ־צִדְקִיָּ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ ־יְהוּדָה֙ דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    This must have been a painful service to Jeremiah, to go from one to another, and with messages of evil. All God's servants have done the same. Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 2:6....

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    This verse proves with sufficient clearness that what we have hitherto explained was spoken especially to the chosen people; for Jeremiah tells us here, that he spoke to the King Zedekiah, and in the...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    I SPAKE ALSO TO ZEDEKIAH KING OF JUDAH,.... At the same time that he delivered the above message from the Lord to the ambassadors of several nations, who were then residents in Zedekiah's court, or ho...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. Ver. 12. _I spake also to...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _I spake also to Zedekiah_, &c. What the prophet here says to Zedekiah has a particular weight in it, because he was made king of Judea by Nebuchadnezzar, and had taken an oath to be faithful to him,...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE SPECIAL MESSAGE TO ZEDEKIAH...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    I spake to Zedekiah, king of Judah, applying the statements of the first part of the chapter to him and Judah in particular, ACCORDING TO ALL THESE WORDS, SAYING, BRING YOUR NECKS UNDER THE YOKE OF TH...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    12-18 Jeremiah persuades the king of Judah to surrender to the king of Babylon. Is it their wisdom to submit to the heavy iron yoke of a cruel tyrant, that they may secure their lives; and is it not...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    Some think this was at another time, but it is most probable it was the same time....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 27:12 spoke H1696 (H8765) Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 Judah H3063 words H1697 saying H559 (H8800) Bring...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    ZEDEKIAH HIMSELF IS ALSO WARNED OF THE NECESSITY FOR CONTINUED SUBMISSION TO THE KING OF BABYLON (JEREMIAH 27:12). Zedekiah is also warned by Jeremiah of the consequences of not continuing to submit t...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 27:12 Having delivered God’s message to the other nations, Jeremiah now tells ZEDEKIAH the same thing: serving BABYLON is God’s will....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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,...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    2 Chronicles 36:11; Ezekiel 17:11; Jeremiah 27:2; Jeremiah 27:3;...

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