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Zedekiah was restless under the Babylonian yoke, and the false
prophets found only too ready a hearing from him. He is addressed in
the plural because his feelings were fully shared by the mass of the...
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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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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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Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto
you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy
a lie unto you.
THEY PROPHESY A LIE - ()....
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1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....
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וְ אַֽל ־תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ אֶל ־דִּבְרֵ֣י
הַ נְּבִ
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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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He repeats the same words which we have met with before; there is
therefore no need of dwelling long on them here. Yet the repetition
was not superfluous; for he had a hard contest with the false
prop...
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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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THEREFORE HEARKEN NOT UNTO THE WORDS OF THE PROPHETS,.... The false
prophets, as the Targum; such bad kings always had about them, to whom
they listened, and which often proved of bad consequence to t...
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Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto
you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy
a lie unto you.
Ver. 14. _Therefore hearken not unto the wo...
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THE SPECIAL MESSAGE TO ZEDEKIAH...
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Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets, those that bore
this name by their own choice, not by God's appointment, THAT SPEAK
UNTO YOU, SAYING, YE SHALL NOT SERVE THE KING OF BABYLON; FOR...
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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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Jeremiah 27:14 listen H8085 (H8799) words H1697 prophets H5030 speak
H559 (H8802) saying H559 (H8800) serve...
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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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1 John 4:1; 1 Kings 22:22; 1 Kings 22:23; 2 Corinthians 11:13;...