"Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes;"
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Verse Jeremiah 29:21. _HE SHALL SLAY THEM BEFORE YOUR EYES._]
Nebuchadnezzar would be led by political reasons to punish these
pretended prophets, as their predictions tended to make his
Israelitish s...
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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...
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AHAB... ZEDEKIAH. These were false prophets-whom Nebuchadrezzar
treated as stated in Jeremiah 29:22.
KOLAIAH... CURSE... ROASTED. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_.
Hebrew. _Kolayah... kelah......
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The prophets in Babylonia, of whom the exiles speak in Jeremiah 29:15,
shall perish by a cruel death....
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AHAB—AND—ZEDEKIAH— Two false prophets, who seduced the Jews at
Babylon. The rabbies, followed by many interpreters, believe that
there were the two persons who attempted to seduce Susanna. See
Jeremia...
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6. _The fate of two notorious false prophets_ (Jeremiah 29:21-23)
TRANSLATION
(21) Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab
the son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah the son...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of
Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie
unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand o...
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1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
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AHAB THE SON OF KOLAIAH... — We know nothing, beyond what is here
recorded, of either of these prophets. They would seem to have been
the leaders of the party of revolt, and to have been conspicuous,...
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כֹּֽה ־אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָאֹ֜ות
אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל אֶל ־אַחְאָ֤ב
בֶּן ־קֹֽולָיָה֙ וְ אֶל
־צִדְקִיָּ֣הוּ בֶן
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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...
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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...
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What an awful judgment is here denounced upon false prophets! All
rebellious children shall be punished; but they who both rebel
themselves, and teach others to rebel, shall have a tenfold judgment,
e...
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By saying, _I will give _(or _deliver_) _them into the hand of
Nebuchadnezzar, _the Prophet still more clearly expresses what I have
just said, that they would be thus slain by the order of the king,...
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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...
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THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL,....
Jeremiah 29:4;
OF AHAB THE SON OF KOLAIAH, AND OF ZEDEKIAH THE SON OF MAASEIAH, WHICH
PROPHESY A LIE UNTO YOU: two false prophets, of whom we hav...
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of
Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie
unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of...
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_Hear all ye of the captivity whom I have sent_, &c. These phrases, _I
have sent, I have driven_, &c., should be well observed by us. There
is no evil or punishment in cities or nations, but, whoever...
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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...
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20-32 Jeremiah foretells judgments upon the false prophets, who
deceived the Jews in Babylon. Lying was bad; lying to the people of
the Lord, to delude them into a false hope, was worse; but pretendi...
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Of these two persons we read no more in holy writ: that they pretended
to be prophets, that they abused the name of God, pretending to reveal
his will, wheras what they said was not the will of God, b...
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Jeremiah 29:21 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 God H430
Israel H3478 Ahab H256 son H1121 Kolaiah H6964 Zedekiah H6667 son
H1121 Maaseiah H4641 prophesy H5012 (H8737) lie H8267 name H8034
deli...
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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...
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CONTENTS: Message to the Jews of the first captivity. Action against
false prophets. Destruction foretold.
CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Elasah, Gemariah,
Ahab, Zedekiah, Shemaiah,...
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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...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 29:21 As vv. Jeremiah 29:8 indicate, false
prophets addressed the exiles. PROPHESYING A LIE. See Jeremiah 27:10,
Jeremiah 27:14, Jeremiah 27:16; Jeremiah 28:15; Jeremiah 29:9...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 14:15; Jeremiah 29:8; Jeremiah 29:9;
Lamentations 2:14...