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Verse Jeremiah 29:23. _HAVE COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH THEIR NEIGHBOURS'
WIVES_] This is supposed to refer to the case of Susanna. See above....
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VILLANY - Elsewhere folly, in the sense of lewdness Judges 20:6,
unchastity....
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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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COMMITTED VILLANY. vileness: i.e. worshipped idols. See the first
occurance Genesis 34:7....
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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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_folly_ The Hebrew denotes more than this, viz. "a state of mind or an
action, marked by utter disregard of moral or spiritual feeling." Dr.
who illustrates the kind of immorality here referred to in...
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6. _The fate of two notorious false prophets_ (Jeremiah 29:21-23)
TRANSLATION
(21) Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab
the son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah the son o...
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Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed
adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in
my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a...
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1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
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BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMMITTED VILLANY... — The Hebrew noun is almost
always used for sins of impurity. It is more commonly rendered
“folly” (comp. Genesis 34:7; Deuteronomy 22:21; Judges 19:23). The
Eng...
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יַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ עָשׂ֨וּ נְבָלָ֜ה בְּ
יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל...
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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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Because they have committed (n) villany in Israel, and have committed
adultery with their neighbour's wives, and have spoken lying words in
my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and ...
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_Folly. A crime, Judges xix. 23., and 2 Kings xiii. 12. --- Witness,
the sovereign truth. (Calmet)_...
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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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We perceive why the Prophet mentions the cause of their death; it was,
that the Jews might regard the event, not according to their own
thoughts, but that they might feel assured that God took vengean...
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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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BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMMITTED VILLANY IN ISRAEL,.... Or "folly" f; as
the sins of adultery, and prophesying falsely, are afterwards
mentioned. This was not the reason why the king of Babylon put them to...
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Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed
adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in
my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and [am]...
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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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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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because they have committed villainy in Israel, a deed of shame, a
sinful folly, AND HAVE COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS' WIVES,
acts of gross immorality often being associated with false tea...
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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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The reason here given must not be understood as the reason of the king
of Babylon's punishment of them, but why God gave them up into his
hands, because they had committed VILLANY or _folly_ in Israel...
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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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2 Peter 2:10; Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 13:27; Jeremiah 16:17;...