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Zedekiah was restless under the Babylonian yoke, and the false
prophets found only too ready a hearing from him. He is addressed in
the plural because his feelings were fully shared by the mass of the...
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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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THE WARNING TO ZEDEKIAH. Jeremiah also warns Zedekiah to the same
effect (Jeremiah 27:12), and tells priests and people not to believe
the prophets who promise an early return of the Temple vessels. L...
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WHY... ? Figure of speech _Asterismos._
BY. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and by",
thus completing the Figure of speech _Polysyndeton._ Compare Jeremiah
27:8.
AS. according...
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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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The warning to Zedekiah. The LXX, apparently through an accident in
copying, omit much of these _vv_. They correspond in the main to the
previous passage, the warning against the false prophets in Jer...
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C. A Warning to Zedekiah Jeremiah 27:12-15
TRANSLATION
(12) And unto Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke in a similar manner,
saying, (13) Why will you die, you and your people, by sword, famine
and pesti...
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Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine,
and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that
will not serve the king of Babylon?
WHY WILL YE DIE - by r...
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1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....
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לָ֤מָּה תָמ֨וּתוּ֙ אַתָּ֣ה וְ
עַמֶּ֔ךָ בַּ †...
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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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This must have been a painful service to Jeremiah, to go from one to
another, and with messages of evil. All God's servants have done the
same. Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 2:6....
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Here is a threatening added; for all means were used not only to
invite the Jews, but also to stimulate them to repent. The Prophet
offered them pardon, if they quietly submitted to be chastised by Go...
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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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WHY WILL YE DIE, THOU AND THY PEOPLE, THE SWORD, BY THE FAMINE, AND BY
THE PESTILENCE,.... Through a blockade of the Chaldean army, which
would invade their land, and besiege their city, upon a refusa...
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Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and
by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that
will not serve the king of Babylon?
Ver. 13. _Why will ye die...
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_I spake also to Zedekiah_, &c. What the prophet here says to Zedekiah
has a particular weight in it, because he was made king of Judea by
Nebuchadnezzar, and had taken an oath to be faithful to him,...
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THE SPECIAL MESSAGE TO ZEDEKIAH...
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Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and
by the pestilence, deliberately inviting these scourges by their
disobedience, AS THE LORD HATH SPOKEN AGAINST THE NATION THAT WI...
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12-18 Jeremiah persuades the king of Judah to surrender to the king
of Babylon. Is it their wisdom to submit to the heavy iron yoke of a
cruel tyrant, that they may secure their lives; and is it not...
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That is, Why wilt thou wilfully not only ruin thyself, but thy
innocent people, by the sword, the famine, and the pestilence? The
word is spoken by the Lord, that all nations who will not willingly
yi...
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Jeremiah 27:13 die H4191 (H8799) people H5971 sword H2719 famine H7458
pestilence H1698 LORD H3068 spoken H1696
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ZEDEKIAH HIMSELF IS ALSO WARNED OF THE NECESSITY FOR CONTINUED
SUBMISSION TO THE KING OF BABYLON (JEREMIAH 27:12).
Zedekiah is also warned by Jeremiah of the consequences of not
continuing to submit t...
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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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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 27:12 Having delivered God’s message to
the other nations, Jeremiah now tells ZEDEKIAH the same thing: serving
BABYLON is God’s will....
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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 14:21; Ezekiel 18:24; Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 33:11; Je