Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Jeremiah 27:13
Why... ? Figure of speech Asterismos.
by. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and by", thus completing the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. Compare Jeremiah 27:8.
as. according as.
Why... ? Figure of speech Asterismos.
by. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and by", thus completing the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. Compare Jeremiah 27:8.
as. according as.
Verse Jeremiah 27:13. _WHY WILL YE DIE_] If ye resist the king of Babylon, to whom I have given a commission against you, ye shall be destroyed by the sword and by famine; but if ye submit, ye shall e...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? WHY WILL YE DIE - by r...
1-29. Judah is warned to submit to Babylon....
לָ֤מָּה תָמ֨וּתוּ֙ אַתָּ֣ה וְ עַמֶּ֔ךָ בַּ †...
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...
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....
Here is a threatening added; for all means were used not only to invite the Jews, but also to stimulate them to repent. The Prophet offered them pardon, if they quietly submitted to be chastised by Go...
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...
WHY WILL YE DIE, THOU AND THY PEOPLE, THE SWORD, BY THE FAMINE, AND BY THE PESTILENCE,.... Through a blockade of the Chaldean army, which would invade their land, and besiege their city, upon a refusa...
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the LORD hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? Ver. 13. _Why will ye die...
_I spake also to Zedekiah_, &c. What the prophet here says to Zedekiah has a particular weight in it, because he was made king of Judea by Nebuchadnezzar, and had taken an oath to be faithful to him,...
THE SPECIAL MESSAGE TO ZEDEKIAH...
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, deliberately inviting these scourges by their disobedience, AS THE LORD HATH SPOKEN AGAINST THE NATION THAT WI...
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...
That is, Why wilt thou wilfully not only ruin thyself, but thy innocent people, by the sword, the famine, and the pestilence? The word is spoken by the Lord, that all nations who will not willingly yi...
Jeremiah 27:13 die H4191 (H8799) people H5971 sword H2719 famine H7458 pestilence H1698 LORD H3068 spoken H1696
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...
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...
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....
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 18:24; Ezekiel 18:31; Ezekiel 33:11; Je