CHAPTER XXVII _Ambassadors being come from several neighbouring nations to_ _solicit the king of Judah to join in a confederacy against the_ _king of Babylon, Jeremiah is commanded to put bands and yokes_ _upon his neck, (the emblems of subjection and slavery,) and to_ _send them afterwards by... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 27:2. _MAKE THEE BONDS AND YOKES_] Probably _yokes_ with _straps_, by which they were attached to the neck. This was a symbolical action, to show that the several kings mentioned below should be brought under the dominion of the Chaldeans.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 27:5. _I HAVE MADE THE EARTH_] I am the Creator and Governor of all things, and I dispose of the several kingdoms of the world as seemeth best to me.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 27:6. _AND NOW HAVE I GIVEN_] These kingdoms are at my sovereign disposal; and at present, for the punishment of their rulers and people, I shall give them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 27:7. _And all nations shall serve him_, (Nebuchadnezzar,) _and_ _his son_, (Evil-merodach, Jeremiah 52:31,) _and his son's son_, (Belshazzar, Daniel 5:11.) All which was literally fulfilled.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 27:9. _THEREFORE HEARKEN NOT YE TO YOUR PROPHETS_] Who pretend to have a revelation from heaven. _NOR TO YOUR DIVINERS_] קסמיכם _kosemeychem_, from קסם _kasam,_ to _presage_ or _prognosticate_. Persons who _guessed_ at futurity by certain signs in the animate or inanimate creation.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 27:13. _WHY WILL YE DIE_] If ye resist the king of Babylon, to whom I have given a commission against you, ye shall be destroyed by the sword and by famine; but if ye submit, ye shall escape all these evils.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 27:16. _THE VESSELS OF THE LORD'S HOUSE_] Which had been carried away by Nebuchadnezzar under the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jeconiah, 2 Chronicles 36:7. _SHALL NOW SHORTLY BE BROUGHT AGAIN_] This is a lie. They shall not be restored till I bring them up, Jeremiah 27:22, which was after... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 27:19. _CONCERNING THE PILLARS_] Two brazen columns placed by Solomon in the pronaos or portico of the temple, _eighteen_ cubits high, and _twelve_ in circumference, 1 Kings 7:16-11; Jeremiah 52:11. _THE SEA_] The brazen sea, _ten_ cubits in diameter, and _thirty_ in circumference.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 27:22. _THEY SHALL BE CARRIED TO BABYLON_] Far from those already taken being brought back, those which now remain shall be carried thither, unless ye submit to the Chaldeans. They did not submit, and the prophecy was literally fulfilled; see Jer 52:17-23; 2 Kings 25:13, and the other... [ Continue Reading ]