-
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...
-
Not till after seventy years shall they return....
-
DISCOURSE: 1064
GOD WILL BE FOUND OF SINCERE WORSHIPPERS
Jeremiah 29:11. _I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith
the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected
end....
-
YE SHALL GO AND PRAY UNTO ME— _Ye shall pray unto me more and more._...
-
4. _A word of hope for the captives_ (Jeremiah 29:11-14)
TRANSLATION
(11) For I know the plans which I am making for you (oracle of the
LORD)plans of peace and not calamity, to give to you a future...
-
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I
will hearken unto you.
YE SHALL GO AND PRAY UNTO ME, AND I WILL HEARKEN UNTO YOU - fulfilled
, etc. When God designs mercy, He p...
-
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
-
THEN SHALL YE CALL UPON ME... — The words need no comment, but they
cannot be passed over without dwelling on the infinite tenderness
which they manifest in the prophet’s soul, the reflex of a like
te...
-
וּ קְרָאתֶ֤ם אֹתִי֙ וַֽ הֲלַכְתֶּ֔ם
וְ הִתְפַּלַּלְתֶּ֖ם אֵלָ֑י וְ
שָׁמַעְתִּ֖י אֲלֵיכֶֽם׃...
-
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...
-
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...
-
I pray the Reader to pause over these gracious expressions of the
Lord. They are suited to the Lord's exercised family, in all ages, at
all times, and under all the sorrows of their estate. Mark how m...
-
Jeremiah pursues the same subject, even that the Jews, after having
undergone the punishment allotted to them by God, would at length
return to their own country and find God merciful, and hence learn...
-
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...
-
THEN SHALL YE CALL UPON ME,.... When the expected end is about to be
given; when God intends and is about to bestow a mercy, he gives his
people a spirit of prayer to ask for it; and even the promise...
-
Then shall ye call upon me, and ye shall go and pray unto me, and I
will hearken unto you.
Ver. 12. _Then shall ye call upon me._] With mind and mouth, with
spirit and speech, as Daniel did, Dan 9:3...
-
_After seventy years be accomplished at Babylon_ Hebrews, לפי
מלאת שׁבעים שׁנה, literally, _At the mouth of the
accomplishment of seventy years._ “And as the _mouth_ of a river,
metaphorically, denote...
-
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 c...
-
8-19 Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose
after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and
dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in...
-
I will not only give you a temporal salvation and deliverance, and
bring you into your own land, but you shall go thither with new
hearts; you shall worship idols no more, but you shall worship me, an...
-
Jeremiah 29:12 call H7121 (H8804) go H1980 (H8804) pray H6419 (H8694)
listen H8085 (H8804)
Jeremiah 31:9, Jeremiah 33:3; Nehemiah 2:4-20; Psalms 10:17, Psalms 50
-
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...
-
Jeremiah 29:10
I. We may describe every real affliction which comes upon the
Christian as a captivity. To be in a condition which we should never
voluntarily have preferred, or to be held back by the...
-
CONTENTS: Message to the Jews of the first captivity. Action against
false prophets. Destruction foretold.
CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Elasah, Gemariah,
Ahab, Zedekiah, Shemaiah,...
-
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...
-
_I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end._
THE THOUGHTS OF GOD TO HIS PEOPLE, PEACE AND NOT EVIL
These words were...
-
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...
-
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...
-
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...
-
Daniel 9:3; Ezekiel 36:37; Isaiah 30:19; Isaiah 65:24; Jeremiah 31:9;
Jeremiah 33:3; Matthew 7:7; Matthew 7:8; Nehemiah 2:4; Psalms 10:17;...