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Verse Jeremiah 29:20. _HEAR YE THEREFORE THE WORD_] Dr. _Blayney_
thinks there were _two letters_ written by the prophet to the captives
in Babylon, and that the _first_ ends with this verse. That ha...
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These verses are not in the Septuagint. But the text of the Septuagint
is here throughout so brief and confused as to be explicable only on
the supposition, that it represents what was left behind in...
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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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SENT. Some codices, with Aramaean, read "caused to be carried
captive". Compare Jeremiah 24:5....
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This _v_. is an insertion, to connect the preceding interpolation with
what follows....
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The prophets in Babylonia, of whom the exiles speak in Jeremiah 29:15,
shall perish by a cruel death....
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5. _Refutation of the false prophets in Babylon_ (Jeremiah 29:15-20)
TRANSLATION
(15) Because you have said, The LORD has raised up for us prophets in
Babylon(16) Surely, thus says the LORD unto the...
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_BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT HEARKENED TO MY WORDS, SAITH THE LORD, WHICH I
SENT UNTO THEM BY MY SERVANTS THE PROPHETS, RISING UP EARLY AND
SENDING THEM; BUT YE WOULD NOT HEAR, SAITH THE LORD._
No JFB comm...
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1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
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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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What an awful judgment is here denounced upon false prophets! All
rebellious children shall be punished; but they who both rebel
themselves, and teach others to rebel, shall have a tenfold judgment,
e...
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Jeremiah announces a special prophecy, but in confirmation of his
former doctrine. His object is still the same, to prevent the
captives, as they had begun, to listen to flatteries, and to make them
f...
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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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HEAR YE THEREFORE THE WORD OF THE LORD,.... What he was now about to
say concerning their false prophets:
ALL YE OF THE CAPTIVITY, WHOM I HAVE SENT FROM JERUSALEM TO BABYLON;
all that were carried ca...
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Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom
I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:
Ver. 20. _Hear ye, therefore._] Or, Hear ye also; ye who have lost the
fruit of your affli...
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_Hear all ye of the captivity whom I have sent_, &c. These phrases, _I
have sent, I have driven_, &c., should be well observed by us. There
is no evil or punishment in cities or nations, but, whoever...
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Hear ye therefore the Word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity whom I
have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon, for the Chaldeans, in this
instance, were only the instruments in the hands of the Lord:...
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JEREMIAH'S LETTER TO THE EXILES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
The Contents of the Letter.
Just as certain false prophets in Jerusalem had tried to arouse and
maintain false hopes in the inhabitants of the ca...
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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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Those phrases, I HAVE SENT, and _I have driven_, &c., are diligently
to be observed by us. There is no evil in cities or nations which is
an evil of punishment, but, whoever be the instruments to brin...
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Jeremiah 29:20 hear H8085 (H8798) word H1697 LORD H3068 captivity
H1473 sent H7971 (H8765) Jerusalem H3389 Baby
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A WARNING NOT TO LISTEN TO THE FALSE PROPHETS WHO ARE ALREADY DOOMED
BECAUSE OF THEIR FALSE PROPHECIES AND EQUALLY FALSE WAYS (JEREMIAH
29:20).
Jeremiah 29:20
“Hear you therefore the word of YHWH, a...
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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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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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Ezekiel 3:11; Ezekiel 3:15; Jeremiah 24:5; Micah 4:10...