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Jeremiah 28

Jeremiah 28:1

_in the beginning, etc_.] See on Jeremiah 27:1. If, as seems likely, the utterance of Hananiah which follows was on the same day on which Jeremiah appeared in public, wearing a yoke on his neck (Jeremiah 27:2), and that the messengers from abroad (_ib_. 3) had not yet departed, we can realise the ef... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 28:4

_Jeconiah_ It shews that the exiled king must still have had a substantial following in Jerusalem, when Hananiah ventured upon this forecast in the face of the _de facto_ruler.... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 28:7-9

The passage forms an important aid to our grasping of the real nature of O.T. prophecy. True prophets did not flatter with promises of good fortune, seeing that their aim was to preach repentance and reformation to a sinful world. Any future prosperity which they contemplated could only be subsequen... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 28:11

_And the prophet … went his way_ Co., maintaining that Jeremiah could not under the circumstances have been silent, rejects these words but Du. rightly pleads for their retention as entirely consonant with the dignity and nobility of Jeremiah's character. Co. considers them as inserted by a later ha... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 28:13

_thou shalt make_ LXX (better) _I will make_. _bars of iron_ Hananiah's act would only serve, by exciting the Jews to resistance, to render the servitude which they should undergo more harsh.... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 28:14

_and they shall … field also_ LXX (probably rightly) omit. The insertion may have been suggested by Jeremiah 27:6, where see note.... [ Continue Reading ]

Jeremiah 28:16

_because thou hast spoken rebellion against the Lord_ LXX omit. The words seem to have been introduced from Deuteronomy 13:5, where, however, as Gi. points out, unlike the present passage, idolatry is spoken of.... [ Continue Reading ]

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