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Jeremiah 27:8

which … N. king of Babylon not found in LXX, which also omits "and with the pestilence."

until I have consumed them by It is best (so Gi.) by the change of one letter in MT. (a change deriving some support from the Targ.) to render, until I have given them into.

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See also Jeremiah 27:8 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

    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...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    THE SAME. him. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. SWORD... FAMINE... PESTILENCE. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:25; Leviticus 26:26; Deuteronomy 28:21). App-92. and

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that n...

  • Darby's translation notes (1890)

    27:8 visit, (a-41) Or 'punish,' as Isaiah 10:12 ....

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

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

  • Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

    THAT NATION WILL I PUNISH. — Better, _I will visit._ The three forms of punishment go naturally together. In Ezekiel 14:21 they appear, with the addition of the “noisome beast,” as the four sore judgm...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ הָיָ֨ה הַ גֹּ֜וי וְ הַ מַּמְלָכָ֗ה

  • 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

    The time of this prophecy is noted, but it should seem, that though the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah then, he did pot deliver it till a considerable space after, for Jekoiakim's reign at the begi...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    After having promulgated his decree by the mouth of Jeremiah, God now adds a threatening, in order that the Jews as well as others might willingly, and with resigned and humble minds, undertake the yo...

  • 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

    AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, [THAT] THE NATION AND KINGDOM WHICH WILL NOT SERVE THE SAME NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING OF BABYLON,.... Will not, upon his approaching to them, invading and besieging them, subm...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    And it shall come to pass, [that] the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that...

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

    _All nations shall serve him, his son, and his son's son_ His son was Evil-merodach, and his son's son Belshazzar, in whom his kingdom ended. Then the time of reckoning with his land came, when the ta...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    THE MESSAGE OF THE YOKES...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    And it shall come to pass that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, willing...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    That is, that will not, upon Nebuchadnezzar's coming against them, freely submit to his power, and yield themselves to his subjection. I will humble them by my sore judgments of _sword, pestilence_, a...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 27:8 nation H1471 kingdom H4467 serve H5647 (H8799) Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 Babylon H894 put H5414

  • 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

    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...

  • 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 27:8 Until the era of Nebuchadnezzar’s grandsons, the nations must serve BABYLON or face SWORD, FAMINE, and PESTILENCE ...

  • 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

    Ezekiel 14:21; Ezekiel 17:19; Jeremiah 24:10; Jeremiah 25:28;...

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