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...
TRUST. confide. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....
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...
_hath prophesied_ the first explicit statement that Shemaiah was a prophet....
C. A Second Letter to Babylon Jeremiah 29:30-32 TRANSLATION (30) And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying, (31) send unto all the captives, saying, Thus says the LORD concerning Shemaiah t...
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....
SEND TO ALL THEM OF THE CAPTIVITY. — The words imply something in the nature of another epistle to the exiles, sent, probably, like the previous one, by the hands of envoys from one government to the...
שְׁלַ֤ח עַל ־כָּל ־הַ גֹּולָה֙ לֵ אמֹ֔ר
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...
Jeremiah distinctly declares that this impostor would not escape unpunished, because he had dared falsely to pretend the name of God, and avowedly opposed Jeremiah. Here, then, the Prophet makes no lo...
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...
SEND TO ALL THEM OF THE CAPTIVITY,.... Another letter; not to Shemaiah, but to the people, that they might all know that he was a false prophet; and how his lies were resented by the Lord; and what pu...
Send to all them of the captivity, saying, Thus saith the LORD concerning Shemaiah the Nehelamite; Because that Shemaiah hath prophesied unto you, and I sent him not, and he caused you to trust in a l...
Send to all them of the captivity, to counteract the activity of Shemaiah, SAYING. THUS SAITH THE LORD CONCERNING SHEMAIAH, THE NEHELAMITE, BECAUSE THAT SHEMAIAH HATH PROPHESIED UNTO YOU, AND I SENT H...
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...
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...
This is the great mischief of false teachers, they are the causes of people's trusting in lies; and from hence the sins of false prophets are ordinarily aggravated....
Jeremiah 29:31 Send H7971 (H8798) captivity H1473 saying H559 (H8800) says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 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...
2 Peter 2:1; Ezekiel 13:22; Ezekiel 13:23; Ezekiel 13:8; Jeremiah