“ Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; ”
Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised up for us (g) prophets in Babylon; (g) As Ahab, Zedekiah and Shemaiah.
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 deceive...
Many interpreters connect the first of these verses with the preceding ones, and they seem not to think so without reason; for the reason given is not unsuitable, if we refer to what the Prophe...
Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; Because ye have said - The Septuagint very properly insert this verse between the twentieth and the twenty-first, and thus the co...
Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; Because ye have said - referring not to the preceding words, but to Jeremiah 29:10-11 , 'Yahweh saith this to you' (i:e...
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years.
Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets... — The words point to the boast of some of the exiles, that they, too, had the guidance of prophets whom, as in Jeremiah 29:20 ; Jeremi...
CHAPTER X CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EXILES Jeremiah 29:1-32 "Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire."- Jeremiah 29:22 NOTHING further is said a...
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, advisin...
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 thos...
Because ye have said ,.... That is, some of them; for here the Lord, by the prophet, turns from the godly among the captives, whom he had been advising, encouraging, and comforting before, to those...
Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; Ver. 15. Because ye have said. ] From the heirs of the promises he turneth his speech to others, qui praesumendo sperant, et...
Because ye have said , &c. The LXX. have transposed this verse, and placed it “where,” says Blaney, “it undoubtedly ought to stand,” immediately before Jeremiah 29:21 ; “this emendation,” says...
The Doom of the False Prophets. B. C. 596. 15 Because ye have said, The L ORD hath ra...
The prophet here turneth his speech to some wicked Jews that were in Babylon, or in Judea, and more believed some false prophets, who told them of a much quicker return, than Jeremiah telling them th...
Jeremiah's Letter To The Exiles ( Jeremiah 29:1-32 ). Correspondence by letter was a constant feature of those days, and indicates that the world was not static (compare the prophetic letters from...
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...
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...
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 2...
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 t...
Ezekiel 1:1 ; Ezekiel 1:3 ; Jeremiah 28:1-17 ; Jeremiah 29:8 ; Jeremiah 29:9
Because — The prophet here turns his speech to some wicked Jews, that were in Babylon, or in Judea.