Verse Jeremiah 29:17. _BEHOLD, I WILL SEND UPON THEM THE SWORD_] Do not envy the state of _Zedekiah_ who sits on the throne of David, nor that of the _people_ who are now in the land whence ye have b...
These verses are not in the Septuagint. But the text of the Septuagint is here throughout so brief and confused as to be explicable only on the supposition, that it represents what was left behind in...
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...
I WILL SEND... THE SWORD, &C. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:25; Leviticus 26:26). THE FAMINE. Some codices, with three early printed editions (one in margin), Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, r...
_vile figs_ Cp. Jeremiah 24:2-8....
The impending fate of Zedekiah and his people. Cp. Jeremiah 24:8-10....
5. _Refutation of the false prophets in Babylon_ (Jeremiah 29:15-20) TRANSLATION (15) Because you have said, The LORD has raised up for us prophets in Babylon(16) Surely, thus says the LORD unto the...
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
VILE FIGS] cp. Jeremiah 24:2. The exiles would probably already know that prophecy. 24-32. On the arrival of Jeremiah's letter at Babylon, Shemaiah had written to Zephaniah, the acting high priest (Je...
כֹּ֤ה אָמַר֙ יְהוָ֣ה צְבָאֹ֔ות הִנְנִי֙ מְשַׁלֵּ֣חַ...
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...
CHAPTER XXVI INTRODUCTORY "I will be the God of all the families of Israel, and they shall be My people."- Jeremiah 31:1 IN this third book an attempt is made to present a general view of Jeremiah's...
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...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the (h) sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile (i) figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. (h) By which h...
CHAPTER XXIX....
That the Church might perfectly consider and understand the cause of this Captivity: and that in general sins there should be general calamities, the Lord declares the same or similar evils, for those...
He says, _I will pursue them with the sword, and famine, and pestilence _The surrender of Jeconiah, as we have elsewhere seen, was voluntary; he was therefore more kindly received by the king of Babyl...
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...
THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, BEHOLD, I WILL SEND UPON THEM THE SWORD,.... The sword of the Chaldeans, by which many of them should fall, as they did. The Targum is, "I will send upon them those that...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. Ver. 17. _Behold, I w...
_Thus saith the Lord of the king and all the people_, &c. See Jeremiah 24:8; _that dwell in this city_ Namely, the city of Jerusalem, which is the city spoken of. _I will make them like vile figs_ Rat...
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 ca...
thus saith the Lord of hosts, Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, the dreaded scourges which are the worst punishments of nations, AND WILL MAKE THEM LIKE VILE FIG...
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...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Jeremiah 29:17 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 send H7971 (H8764) sword H2719 famine H7458 pestilence...
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...
THEY ARE THEREFORE NOT TO LISTEN TO THE FALSE PROPHETS AS, RATHER THAN EXPERIENCING QUICK RESTORATION, ZEDEKIAH AND JERUSALEM ARE DOOMED BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT LISTENED TO YHWH'S WORDS (JEREMIAH 29:15)...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 14:12; Ezekiel 5:12; Jeremiah 15:2; Jeremiah 15:3;...