“ And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. ”
A narrative showing the effects of Jeremiah’s letter. Shemaiah the leader of the false prophets wrote to Zephaniah, urging him to restrain the prophet’s zeal with the prison and the stocks. Jere...
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...
It follows, And Zephaniah had read, etc The past perfect tense is more suitable here, for the verse ought to be put in a parenthesis. The Prophet obviates a doubt which might have been enter...
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet.
Thus shalt thou also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying, A second communication which Jeremiah sent to Babylon after the messengers who carried his first letter had brought a letter from...
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years.
And Zephaniah the priest... — The fact thus related agrees with what has been said as to the character of Zephaniah. He does not act as Shemaiah wished him. At the most he only uses the letters as...
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...
I cannot help admiring the gracious providence of God over the Church, in that the events which took place in one age, so exactly corresponds to what takes place in another: as if to prove to God's f...
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter ,.... Of Shemaiah's to him, and the other priests: in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet : whether out of good will, to let him know who were his enemies ab...
And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. Ver. 29. And Zephaniah the priest read this letter. ] For ill will, likely, and with exprobation. Ubi insignis eluci...
The Malice of Shemaiah; The Doom of Shemaiah. B. C. 596. 24 Thus shalt thou also spe...
It is uncertain whether Zephaniah did this out of kindness to Jeremiah, for we read he was sent to Jeremiah upon messages, Jeremiah 21:1 , Jeremiah 37:3 , from the king, or because he would not a...
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...
The Doom of Shemaiah Foretold Jeremiah's letter to the men in exile had evidently caused a great stir among the false prophets in Babylon, who had predicted a speedy termination of the exile. Accord...
Jeremiah 29:25