And. God orders his prophet what to say, to an accusation sent from Babylon, in consequence of the former letter, ver. 5, 28. (Haydock) --- Nehelamite, "torrent," (St. Jerome) or "dreamer." We know of no place of this name.
Verse Jeremiah 29:24. _SPEAK TO SHEMAIAH_] Zephaniah was the _second priest,_ _sagan_, or chief priest's deputy, and Seraiah, high priest, when Jerusalem was taken. See Jeremiah 52:24. Shemaiah direc...
A narrative showing the effects of Jeremiah’s letter. Shemaiah the leader of the false prophets wrote to Zephaniah, urging him to restrain the prophet’s zeal with the prison and the stocks. Jeremiah...
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...
NEHELAMITE: or, dreamer....
_concerning_ mg. _unto_. Cp. Jeremiah 29:31. _the Nehelamite_ The place or family referred to is not otherwise known....
Shemaiah the Nehelamite rebuked and threatened. On the arrival at Babylon of Jeremiah's letter, which ends with Jeremiah 29:23, there is much indignation on the part of the false prophets, and one of...
B. A Letter from Babylon Jeremiah 29:24-29 TRANSLATION (24) And concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite you shall say, Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Because you have sent in your name le...
Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, A second communication which Jeremiah sent to Babylon after the messengers who carried his first letter had brought a letter from the...
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
THUS SHALT THOU ALSO SPEAK TO SHEMAIAH THE NEHELAMITE. — It is clear that this section (Jeremiah 29:24) is of the nature of a fragment attached to the Epistle to Babylon on account of its associations...
וְ אֶל ־שְׁמַעְיָ֥הוּ הַ נֶּחֱלָמִ֖י תֹּאמַ֥ר...
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 cannot help admiring the gracious providence of God over the Church, in that the events which took place in one age, so exactly corresponds to what takes place in another: as if to prove to God's fa...
Here Jeremiah prophesies respecting a third person, who had written a letter to the priests and to the whole people against himself, and had expostulated with the chief priest and with others, because...
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] SHALT THOU SPEAK TO SHEMAIAH THE NEHELAMITE,.... Or, "the dreamer" h; because he pretended to have dreams from the Lord; or because what he delivered as prophecies were mere dreams; as that the...
__ Jeremiah 29:24 _[Thus] shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,_ Ver. 24. _Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite._] Or, Dreamer, dream wright, enthusiast; such as...
_Thus shalt thou speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite_ Or, _the dreamer_, as the word הנחלמי, is rendered in the margin: see Jeremiah 29:8. The termination, however, rather shows it to be a word expressin...
Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah, the Nehelamite, a false prophet not mentioned elsewhere, SAYING,...
The Doom of Shemaiah Foretold Jeremiah's letter to the men in exile had evidently caused a great stir among the false prophets in Babylon, who had predicted a speedy termination of the exile. Accordi...
NEHELAMITE: Or, dreamer...
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...
OLBHeb; We have no guidance from any other scripture to teach us who this SHEMAIAH was, but it is very probable that he was one of those who at this time were in the captivity of Babylon, and so came...
Jeremiah 29:24 speak H559 (H8799) Shemaiah H8098 Nehelamite H5161 saying H559 (H8800) Shemaiah -...
POSTSCRIPT CONCERNING THE REQUEST FROM SHEMAIAH THE PROPHET IN BABYLON CALLING FOR JEREMIAH TO BE SEVERELY DISCIPLINED AS A FALSE PROPHET BECAUSE OF HIS DECLARATIONS THAT DELIVERANCE WOULD BE DELAYED,...
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...
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...
Jeremiah 29:31; Jeremiah 29:32; Jeremiah 29:8...
Nehelamite — It is probable there was such a place as Nehelam, from whence he was....