Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
Jeremiah 29:20-23
The prophets in Babylonia, of whom the exiles speak in Jeremiah 29:15, shall perish by a cruel death.
The prophets in Babylonia, of whom the exiles speak in Jeremiah 29:15, shall perish by a cruel death.
Verse Jeremiah 29:20. _HEAR YE THEREFORE THE WORD_] Dr. _Blayney_ thinks there were _two letters_ written by the prophet to the captives in Babylon, and that the _first_ ends with this verse. That ha...
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...
SENT. Some codices, with Aramaean, read "caused to be carried captive". Compare Jeremiah 24:5....
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...
_BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT HEARKENED TO MY WORDS, SAITH THE LORD, WHICH I SENT UNTO THEM BY MY SERVANTS THE PROPHETS, RISING UP EARLY AND SENDING THEM; BUT YE WOULD NOT HEAR, SAITH THE LORD._ No JFB comm...
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
וְ אַתֶּ֖ם שִׁמְע֣וּ דְבַר ־יְהוָ֑ה כָּל ־הַ֨
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...
What an awful judgment is here denounced upon false prophets! All rebellious children shall be punished; but they who both rebel themselves, and teach others to rebel, shall have a tenfold judgment, e...
Jeremiah announces a special prophecy, but in confirmation of his former doctrine. His object is still the same, to prevent the captives, as they had begun, to listen to flatteries, and to make them f...
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...
HEAR YE THEREFORE THE WORD OF THE LORD,.... What he was now about to say concerning their false prophets: ALL YE OF THE CAPTIVITY, WHOM I HAVE SENT FROM JERUSALEM TO BABYLON; all that were carried ca...
Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: Ver. 20. _Hear ye, therefore._] Or, Hear ye also; ye who have lost the fruit of your affli...
_Hear all ye of the captivity whom I have sent_, &c. These phrases, _I have sent, I have driven_, &c., should be well observed by us. There is no evil or punishment in cities or nations, but, whoever...
Hear ye therefore the Word of the Lord, all ye of the captivity whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon, for the Chaldeans, in this instance, were only the instruments in the hands of the Lord:...
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...
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...
Those phrases, I HAVE SENT, and _I have driven_, &c., are diligently to be observed by us. There is no evil in cities or nations which is an evil of punishment, but, whoever be the instruments to brin...
Jeremiah 29:20 hear H8085 (H8798) word H1697 LORD H3068 captivity H1473 sent H7971 (H8765) Jerusalem H3389 Baby
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...
A WARNING NOT TO LISTEN TO THE FALSE PROPHETS WHO ARE ALREADY DOOMED BECAUSE OF THEIR FALSE PROPHECIES AND EQUALLY FALSE WAYS (JEREMIAH 29:20). Jeremiah 29:20 “Hear you therefore the word of YHWH, a...
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 3:11; Ezekiel 3:15; Jeremiah 24:5; Micah 4:10...