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...
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...
THE SAME. him. SAITH THE LORD. [is] Jehovah's oracle. SWORD... FAMINE... PESTILENCE. Reference to Pentateuch (Leviticus 26:25; Leviticus 26:26; Deuteronomy 28:21). App-92. and
_which … N. king of Babylon_ not found in LXX, which also omits "and with the pestilence." _until I have consumed them by_ It is best (so Gi.) by the change of one letter in MT. (a change deriving so...
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...
Certain kings having sent to invite Zedekiah to join them in an attempt to overthrow the power of Babylon, Jeremiah warns them to desist as the attempt would be futile. Du. points out that Zedekiah's...
B. Instructions for the Foreign Ambassadors Jeremiah 27:4-11 TRANSLATION (4) Command them to say to their lords: Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Thus say unto your lords: I have made...
And it shall come to pass, that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that n...
27:8 visit, (a-41) Or 'punish,' as Isaiah 10:12 ....
1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....
THAT NATION WILL I PUNISH. — Better, _I will visit._ The three forms of punishment go naturally together. In Ezekiel 14:21 they appear, with the addition of the “noisome beast,” as the four sore judgm...
וְ הָיָ֨ה הַ גֹּ֜וי וְ הַ מַּמְלָכָ֗ה
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
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...
The time of this prophecy is noted, but it should seem, that though the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah then, he did pot deliver it till a considerable space after, for Jekoiakim's reign at the begi...
After having promulgated his decree by the mouth of Jeremiah, God now adds a threatening, in order that the Jews as well as others might willingly, and with resigned and humble minds, undertake the yo...
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...
AND IT SHALL COME TO PASS, [THAT] THE NATION AND KINGDOM WHICH WILL NOT SERVE THE SAME NEBUCHADNEZZAR THE KING OF BABYLON,.... Will not, upon his approaching to them, invading and besieging them, subm...
And it shall come to pass, [that] the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, that...
_All nations shall serve him, his son, and his son's son_ His son was Evil-merodach, and his son's son Belshazzar, in whom his kingdom ended. Then the time of reckoning with his land came, when the ta...
And it shall come to pass that the nation and kingdom which will not serve the same Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, and that will not put their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, willing...
THE MESSAGE OF THE YOKES...
1-11 Jeremiah is to prepare a sign that all the neighbouring countries would be made subject to the king of Babylon. God asserts his right to dispose of kingdoms as he pleases. Whatever any have of t...
That is, that will not, upon Nebuchadnezzar's coming against them, freely submit to his power, and yield themselves to his subjection. I will humble them by my sore judgments of _sword, pestilence_, a...
Jeremiah 27:8 nation H1471 kingdom H4467 serve H5647 (H8799) Nebuchadnezzar H5019 king H4428 Babylon H894 put H5414
JEREMIAH WAS LATER COMMANDED TO SEND PARALLEL YOKES TO THE PLOTTERS OF REBELLION WHOSE AMBASSADORS WERE CONGREGATED IN JERUSALEM (JEREMIAH 27:3). The sending of the yokes to related nations, which wo...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
Ezekiel 14:21; Ezekiel 17:19; Jeremiah 24:10; Jeremiah 25:28;...