Because they have committed (n) villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbour's wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and [am] a witness, saith the LORD.
(n) Which was adultery and falsifying the word of God.
Verse Jeremiah 29:23. _HAVE COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH THEIR NEIGHBOURS' WIVES_] This is supposed to refer to the case of Susanna. See above....
VILLANY - Elsewhere folly, in the sense of lewdness Judges 20:6, unchastity....
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...
COMMITTED VILLANY. vileness: i.e. worshipped idols. See the first occurance Genesis 34:7....
The prophets in Babylonia, of whom the exiles speak in Jeremiah 29:15, shall perish by a cruel death....
_folly_ The Hebrew denotes more than this, viz. "a state of mind or an action, marked by utter disregard of moral or spiritual feeling." Dr. who illustrates the kind of immorality here referred to in...
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...
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and am a...
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMMITTED VILLANY... — The Hebrew noun is almost always used for sins of impurity. It is more commonly rendered “folly” (comp. Genesis 34:7; Deuteronomy 22:21; Judges 19:23). The Eng...
יַ֡עַן אֲשֶׁר֩ עָשׂ֨וּ נְבָלָ֜ה בְּ 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...
_Folly. A crime, Judges xix. 23., and 2 Kings xiii. 12. --- Witness, the sovereign truth. (Calmet)_...
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...
We perceive why the Prophet mentions the cause of their death; it was, that the Jews might regard the event, not according to their own thoughts, but that they might feel assured that God took vengean...
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...
BECAUSE THEY HAVE COMMITTED VILLANY IN ISRAEL,.... Or "folly" f; as the sins of adultery, and prophesying falsely, are afterwards mentioned. This was not the reason why the king of Babylon put them to...
Because they have committed villany in Israel, and have committed adultery with their neighbours' wives, and have spoken lying words in my name, which I have not commanded them; even I know, and [am]...
_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...
because they have committed villainy in Israel, a deed of shame, a sinful folly, AND HAVE COMMITTED ADULTERY WITH THEIR NEIGHBORS' WIVES, acts of gross immorality often being associated with false tea...
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...
The reason here given must not be understood as the reason of the king of Babylon's punishment of them, but why God gave them up into his hands, because they had committed VILLANY or _folly_ in Israel...
Jeremiah 29:23 done H6213 (H8804) things H5039 Israel H3478 committed H6213 (H8804) adultery H5003 (H8762) neig
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...
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 2:10; Hebrews 4:13; Jeremiah 13:27; Jeremiah 16:17;...