JEREMIAH 27-29. Certain linguistic peculiarities (_e.g._ the incorrect
spelling, Nebuchadnezzar) suggest that these three Chapter s may have
circulated as a separate pamphlet, _e.g._ in Babylon. They deal with
the rebuke of false hopes concerning a speedy return from exile.
JEREMIAH 30-31. THE FUTU... [ Continue Reading ]
JEREMIAH 28. THE PROPHECY AND FATE OF HANANIAH. Whilst Jeremiah still
wears the symbolic yoke (Jeremiah 27:2), his testimony concerning it
is opposed by another prophet, Hananiah of Gibeon (5 m. NW. of
Jerusalem), who declares that the yoke shall be broken, the Temple
vessels, the king, and the exil... [ Continue Reading ]