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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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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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1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
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וְ עַתָּ֗ה לָ֚מָּה לֹ֣א גָעַ֔רְתָּ
בְּ יִרְמְ
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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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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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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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NOW THEREFORE WHY HAST THOU NOT REPROVED JEREMIAH OF ANATHOTH,.... Not
by words only, but by actions; by beating and scourging, by pillory or
imprisonment, and so restraining him from prophesying to t...
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Now therefore why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which
maketh himself a prophet to you?
Ver. 27. _Now, therefore, why hast thou not reproved?_] Or,
Restrained Jeremiah? Alas! what had t...
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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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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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Now, therefore, why hast thou not reproved Jeremiah of Anathoth, which
maketh himself a prophet to you? He boldly accuses Zephaniah of a
gross neglect of duty in not arresting Jeremiah and making it
i...
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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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He means it of an active, real reproof, as appears by what went
before; he would have had Jeremiah imprisoned, or put to that
punishment which they called the stocks, the nature of which we cannot
det...
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Jeremiah 29:27 reproved H1605 (H8804) Jeremiah H3414 Anathoth H6069
prophet H5012 (H8693)
therefore -...
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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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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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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...
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2 Chronicles 25:16; 2 Timothy 3:8; Acts 4:17; Acts 5:28; Acts 5:40;...