Ahab—and—Zedekiah— Two false prophets, who seduced the Jews at Babylon. The rabbies, followed by many interpreters, believe that there were the two persons who attempted to seduce Susanna. See Jeremiah 29:23.
Verse Jeremiah 29:21. _HE SHALL SLAY THEM BEFORE YOUR EYES._] Nebuchadnezzar would be led by political reasons to punish these pretended prophets, as their predictions tended to make his Israelitish...
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...
AHAB... ZEDEKIAH. These were false prophets-whom Nebuchadrezzar treated as stated in Jeremiah 29:22. KOLAIAH... CURSE... ROASTED. Note the Figure of speech _Paronomasia_. Hebrew. _Kolayah... kelah......
The prophets in Babylonia, of whom the exiles speak in Jeremiah 29:15, shall perish by a cruel death....
Of these two prophets nothing further is known. The LXX omit the fathers" names, and the words "which prophesy … name." Co. denies, while Du. and Gi. admit, the historical accuracy of the story, Du. p...
6. _The fate of two notorious false prophets_ (Jeremiah 29:21-23) TRANSLATION (21) Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah and concerning Zedekiah the son o...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand o...
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
AHAB THE SON OF KOLAIAH... — We know nothing, beyond what is here recorded, of either of these prophets. They would seem to have been the leaders of the party of revolt, and to have been conspicuous,...
כֹּֽה ־אָמַר֩ יְהוָ֨ה צְבָאֹ֜ות אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל...
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...
By saying, _I will give _(or _deliver_) _them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, _the Prophet still more clearly expresses what I have just said, that they would be thus slain by the order of the king,...
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...
THUS SAITH THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL,.... Jeremiah 29:4; OF AHAB THE SON OF KOLAIAH, AND OF ZEDEKIAH THE SON OF MAASEIAH, WHICH PROPHESY A LIE UNTO YOU: two false prophets, of whom we hav...
Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of...
_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...
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...
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab, the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah, the son of Maaseiah, two men who are otherwise unknown, WHICH PROPHESY A LIE UNTO YOU IN MY NAME, since t...
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...
Of these two persons we read no more in holy writ: that they pretended to be prophets, that they abused the name of God, pretending to reveal his will, wheras what they said was not the will of God, b...
Jeremiah 29:21 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 hosts H6635 God H430 Israel H3478 Ahab H256 son H1121 Kolaiah...
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...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 29:21 As vv. Jeremiah 29:8 indicate, false prophets addressed the exiles. PROPHESYING A LIE. See...
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...
Jeremiah 14:14; Jeremiah 14:15; Jeremiah 29:8; Jeremiah 29:9;...