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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...
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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...
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WITH. Some codices, with one early printed edition, read "and with".
REMOVED. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:25, the same word)....
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For the general sense and language of the _v_. cp. Jeremiah 19:8;
Jeremiah 24:9; Jeremiah 25:18; Jeremiah 42:18.
tossed to and fr
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The impending fate of Zedekiah and his people. Cp. Jeremiah 24:8-10....
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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...
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And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with
the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the
kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an
hi...
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1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
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וְ רָֽדַפְתִּי֙ אַֽחֲרֵיהֶ֔ם בַּ †
חֶ֖רֶב בָּ...
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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...
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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...
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That the Church might perfectly consider and understand the cause of
this Captivity: and that in general sins there should be general
calamities, the Lord declares the same or similar evils, for those...
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He goes on with the same subject, — that he would not cease to
consume them with pestilence, famine, and the sword, until he wholly
destroyed them, according to what we find in the twenty-fourth
chapt...
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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...
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AND I WILL PERSECUTE THEM WITH THE SWORD, WITH THE FAMINE,
AND WITH THE PESTILENCE,.... Or, "follow after a them"; such as should
make their escape out of the city, and go into Egypt, or other
countr...
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And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with
the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the
kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and an
his...
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_Thus saith the Lord of the king and all the people_, &c. See Jeremiah
24:8; _that dwell in this city_ Namely, the city of Jerusalem, which
is the city spoken of. _I will make them like vile figs_ Rat...
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And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with
the pestilence and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms
of the earth, scattered throughout the kingdoms which belonge...
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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...
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TO BE A CURSE:
_ Heb._ for a curse...
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8-19 Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose
after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and
dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in...
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These verses contain no more than the threatening which we have had
more than once before. He had compared them to _vile figs_, JEREMIAH
24:8,9,10 there threatened them with being made _a reproach, a...
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Jeremiah 29:18 pursue H7291 (H8804) them H310 sword H2719 famine H7458
pestilence H1698 deliver H5414 (H8804) tr
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THEY ARE THEREFORE NOT TO LISTEN TO THE FALSE PROPHETS AS, RATHER THAN
EXPERIENCING QUICK RESTORATION, ZEDEKIAH AND JERUSALEM ARE DOOMED
BECAUSE THEY HAVE NOT LISTENED TO YHWH'S WORDS (JEREMIAH 29:15)...
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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...
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CONTENTS: Message to the Jews of the first captivity. Action against
false prophets. Destruction foretold.
CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Elasah, Gemariah,
Ahab, Zedekiah, Shemaiah,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 9:7; 1 Kings 9:8; 2 Chronicles 29:8; 2 Chronicles 7:19; Amos