CONTENTS
Jeremiah in this Chapter is addressing the other nations around, at the command of God, to tell them of their shortly being subject to the King of Babylon. Towards the close of the Chapter, the Prophet admonisheth the King of Judah to the same.
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...
OF JEHOIAKIM - Really, of Zedekiah, as the Syriac reads (see Jeremiah 27:3). In the Septuagint the verse is missing. Some scribe has confused the title of this chapter with that of Jeremiah 26....
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...
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...
JEREMIAH'S EIGHTEENTH PROPHECY (see book comments for Jeremiah). Given in reign of Jehoiakim to Jeremiah. Declared, after thirteen years, in fourth year of Zedekiah: i.e. in 485. Compare Jeremiah 26:1...
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...
_In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim_ It is clear from Jeremiah 27:3_; Jeremiah 27:12; Jeremiah 27:20_that for _Jehoiakim_we must read (with mg.) _Zedekiah_(so Syr.). The LXX omit the verse. It...
IN THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM— _Of Zedekiah._ Houbigant. There can be no doubt from the 3rd, 12th, and 20th verses, that our reading is an error. See particularly chap. Jeremiah 28:1....
II. THE WARNING OF THE YOKE Jeremiah 27:1 to Jeremiah 28:17 In Chapter s 27 and 28 Jeremiah uses an ox yoke as an object lesson to drive home his point that Judah should submit to Babylon. It was Jer...
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, IN THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM. The prophecy that follows...
27:1 Jehoiakim (c-8) Perhaps 'Zedekiah,' unless ver. 3 be wrong....
For JEHOIAKIM read 'Zedekiah': see Jeremiah 27:3; Jeremiah 27:12; Jeremiah 27:20. The former word may be a copyist's accidental repetition of...
1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....
XXVII. (1) IN THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM. — The mention of the name of Zedekiah as king of Judah in Jeremiah 27:3 shows that the Hebrew text has here perpetuated an error, due probably to...
בְּ רֵאשִׁ֗ית מַמְלֶ֛כֶת יְהֹויָקִ֥ם בֶּן ־יֹאושִׁיָּ֖הוּ...
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
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...
In the beginning of the reign of (a) Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, (a) Concerning the disposition of these prophecies, they who gathered...
Joakim. This revelation was made to the prophet in the beginning of the reign of Joakim: but the bands were not sent, to the princes here named, before the reign of Sedecias, ver. 3. (Challoner) --- H...
Jeremiah prefaces this prediction by saying, that it was delivered to him at the beginning of Jehoiakim’s reign. But this beginning, as we have said, extended to the whole of his reign while it was pr...
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...
IN THE BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF JEHOIAKIM THE SON OF JOSIAH KING OF JUDAH,.... This is the same date with the prophecy of the preceding chapter and some think that this verse should conclude that, as...
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Ver. 1. _In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim._] By the date of th...
_In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim_ Instead of Jehoiakim here, Dr. Waterland, Houbigant, Blaney, and many others, read _Zedekiah_, because it is difficult, if not impossible, to reconcile the...
In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim (rather, of Zedekiah), THE SON OF JOSIAH, KING OF JUDAH, about 609 B. C. CAME THIS WORD UNTO JEREMIAH FROM THE LORD, SAYING,...
THE MESSAGE OF THE YOKES...
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...
JEREMIAH CHAPTER 27 The prophet sendeth yokes to five neighbour kings, thereby foreshowing their subjection to Nebuchadnezzar, JEREMIAH 27:1. he exhorteth them to yield, and not to believe false proph...
Jeremiah 27:1 beginning H7225 reign H4467 Jehoiakim H3079 son H1121 Josiah H2977 king H4428 Judah H3063 word H1697
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...
‘In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,' The opening heading refers to the commencement of the reign of Jehoiakim. W...
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...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 27:1 BEGINNING OF THE REIGN OF ZEDEKIAH. 597 B.C. ⇐...
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,...
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...
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...
Jeremiah 26:1; Jeremiah 27:12; Jeremiah 27:19; Jeremiah 27:20;...
Is this passage about Jehoiakim or Zedekiah? PROBLEM: In the NKJV, this passage reads, “In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim.” However, verses 3 and 12 identify Zedekiah as king of Judah, and 2...