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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...
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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...
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Certain kings having sent to invite Zedekiah to join them in an
attempt to overthrow the power of Babylon, Jeremiah warns them to
desist as the attempt would be futile. Du. points out that Zedekiah's...
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Speedy deliverance from Babylon is not to be hoped for
These three Chapter s belong to the time of Zedekiah. The power of
Babylon had already been demonstrated as to Judah. Some of the people
had bee...
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_to remove you_ not of course that this was the false prophets" aim,
but that it would be the result of their advice, if adopted....
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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...
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For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land;
and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
THEY PROPHESY A LIE ... TO REMOVE YOU - expressing the event which
would...
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1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....
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TO REMOVE YOU FAR FROM YOUR LAND. — The prophet speaks of what he
foresees will be the result of the rebellion to which soothsayers and
diviners were urging men, as if it were actually contemplated by...
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כִּ֣י שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֖ם נִבְּאִ֣ים לָכֶ֑ם
לְמַ֨עַן...
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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
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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...
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_To remove. Hebrew, "that I may," &c. This will be the effect, though
contrary to their intention._...
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I only detain the Reader on these verses to remark, how in all ages,
the Church of God hath been infested by false prophets. With what
caution ought men to hear!...
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This verse also confirms what I have said, — that this discourse was
designed for the Jews, and that it was peculiarly for them; for what
is said here could not be applied to heathen nations. What the...
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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...
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FOR THEY PROPHESY A LIE UNTO YOU,.... That which was vain and false,
and proved so; though they might not know it was when delivered:
TO REMOVE YOU FAR FROM YOUR LAND; not that they designed it by th...
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For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land;
and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
Ver. 10. _To remove you far from your land._] So it would prove; and
such wo...
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_Hearken not ye to your prophets, nor to your diviners_ These nations,
it must be observed, had their prophets as well as the Jews, or rather
persons that pretended to foretel future events by consult...
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for they prophesy a lie unto you to remove you far from your land,
that being their object in making deliberate misstatements, AND THAT I
SHOULD DRIVE YOU OUT, for refusing to obey His injunction to s...
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THE MESSAGE OF THE YOKES...
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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...
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Let them come by their pretended knowledge which way they will, what
they say is false; and the issue of your belief of what they say will
be nothing but your carrying into captivity out of your own c...
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Jeremiah 27:10 prophesy H5012 (H8737) lie H8267 far H7368 (H8687) land
H127 out H5080 (H8689) perish...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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Ezekiel 14:9; Jeremiah 27:14; Jeremiah 27:15; Jeremiah 28:16;...