CHAPTER XXVIII _One of those pretended prophets spoken of on the preceding_ _chapter, having contrasted and opposed Jeremiah, receives an_ _awful declaration that, as a proof to the people of his having_ _spoken without commission, he should die in the then current_ _year; which accordingly cam... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 28:2. _THUS SPEAKETH THE LORD_] What awful impudence! when he knew in his conscience that God had given him no such commission.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 28:3. _WITHIN TWO FULL YEARS_] Time sufficient for the Chaldeans to destroy the city, and carry away the rest of the sacred vessels; but he did not live to see the end of this short period.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 28:6. _AMEN; THE LORD DO SO_] O that it might be according to thy word! May the people find this to be true!... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 28:8. _THE PROPHETS THAT HAVE BEEN BEFORE ME_] Namely, Joel, Amos, Hosea, Micah, Zephaniah, Nahum, Habakkuk, and others; all of whom denounced similar evils against a corrupt people.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 28:9. _WHEN THE WORD OF THE PROPHET SHALL COME TO PASS_] Here is the criterion. He is a true prophet who specifies things that he says shall happen, and also fixes the _time_ of the event; and the things do happen, and in that time. _You_ say that Nebuchadnezzar shall not overthrow... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 28:10. _THEN HANANIAH - TOOK THE YOKE - AND BRAKE IT._] He endeavoured by this symbolical act to persuade them of the truth of his prediction.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 28:13. _YOKES OF IRON._] Instead of Nebuchadnezzar's yoke _being_ _broken_, this captivity shall be more _severe_ than the _preceding_. All these nations shall have a _yoke of iron_ on their neck. He shall _subdue them_, and take all _their property_, even the _beasts of_ _the field_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 28:15. _HEAR NOW, HANANIAH; THE LORD HATH NOT SENT THEE_] This was a bold speech in the presence of those priests and people who were prejudiced in favour of this false prophet, who prophesied to them smooth things. In such cases men wish to be _deceived_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 28:16. _THIS YEAR THOU SHALT DIE_] By this shall the people know _who_ is the _true prophet_. Thou hast taught _rebellion against_ _the Lord_, and God will cut thee off; and this shall take place, not within _seventy years_, or _two years_, but in _this very year_, and within _two mon... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 28:17. _SO HANANIAH - DIED THE SAME YEAR IN THE SEVENTH MONTH._] The prophecy was delivered in the _fifth month_, (Jeremiah 28:1,) and Hananiah died in the _seventh month_. And thus God, in mercy, gave him about _two months_, in which he might prepare to meet his Judge. Here, then the... [ Continue Reading ]