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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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See introd. note to section. Instead of looking for an immediate
return to Palestine, which would cause the exiles to sit loose to the
country where they found themselves, they were to be interested i...
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3. _A warning to the captives_ (Jeremiah 29:8-10)
TRANSLATION
(8) For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not the
prophets that are in your midst, and your diviners as well, deceive...
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_FOR THEY PROPHESY FALSELY UNTO YOU IN MY NAME: I HAVE NOT SENT THEM,
SAITH THE LORD._
No JFB commentary on this verse....
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1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
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כִּ֣י בְ שֶׁ֔קֶר הֵ֛ם נִבְּאִ֥ים
לָכֶ֖ם בִּ שְׁמִ֑י לֹ֥א שְׁלַחְתִּ֖ים
נְאֻם ־יְהוָֽה׃ ס...
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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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There have been, and there always will be, as long as the Church
continues militant upon earth, persons to prophecy smooth things, to
prophecy deceits, saying, peace, peace, when there is no peace. It...
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He confirms what he had said by this reason, that they ran without
being called, according to what we found in Jeremiah 23:21. He then
repudiates these false prophets, for they spoke not from the mout...
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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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FOR THEY PROPHESY FALSELY UNTO YOU IN MY NAME,.... They pretended to
have the authority of God for what they said; that their prophecies
and dreams were from him, and as such they delivered them in hi...
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For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them,
saith the LORD.
Ver. 9. _For they prophesy falsely._] As Jeremiah 27:15; Jeremiah
28:15 ....
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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 c...
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FALSELY:
_ Heb._ in a lie...
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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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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Jeremiah 29:9 prophesy H5012 (H8737) falsely H8267 name H8034 sent
H7971 (H8804) says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068
falsely - Heb. in a lie, Jeremiah 29:23, Jeremiah 29:31, Jeremiah
27:15...
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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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_I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end._
THE THOUGHTS OF GOD TO HIS PEOPLE, PEACE AND NOT EVIL
These words were...
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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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Jeremiah 27:15; Jeremiah 29:23; Jeremiah 29:31...