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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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I SPAKE: i.e. thirteen years after this prophecy came to him. See note
on Jeremiah 27:1.
TO ZEDEKIAH. It is not stated whether he ever addressed the two other
kings. Jehoahaz and Zedekiah were the son...
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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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1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....
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I SPAKE ALSO TO ZEDEKIAH... — There was, as we see in Jeremiah
28:13, a party of resistance in Judah also, and they, too, were
trusting in delusive prophecies of the overthrow of the Chaldæan
monarchy...
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וְ אֶל ־צִדְקִיָּ֤ה מֶֽלֶךְ
־יְהוּדָה֙ דִּבַּ֔רְתִּי...
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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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This verse proves with sufficient clearness that what we have hitherto
explained was spoken especially to the chosen people; for Jeremiah
tells us here, that he spoke to the King Zedekiah, and in the...
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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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I SPAKE ALSO TO ZEDEKIAH KING OF JUDAH,.... At the same time that he
delivered the above message from the Lord to the ambassadors of
several nations, who were then residents in Zedekiah's court, or
ho...
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I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words,
saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and
serve him and his people, and live.
Ver. 12. _I spake also to...
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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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I spake to Zedekiah, king of Judah, applying the statements of the
first part of the chapter to him and Judah in particular, ACCORDING TO
ALL THESE WORDS, SAYING, BRING YOUR NECKS UNDER THE YOKE OF TH...
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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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Some think this was at another time, but it is most probable it was
the same time....
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Jeremiah 27:12 spoke H1696 (H8765) Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 Judah
H3063 words H1697 saying H559 (H8800) Bring...
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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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2 Chronicles 36:11; Ezekiel 17:11; Jeremiah 27:2; Jeremiah 27:3;...