Jeremiah 27 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Bible Comments
  • Jeremiah 27:2 open_in_new

    Thus saith — God commands the prophet to procure some yokes with bonds to make them more fast; and to put one of them upon his own neck, that therein he might be a type both to his own people, and also the people afterward mentioned, that they should be in bondage to the king of Babylon.

  • Jeremiah 27:3 open_in_new

    Of Edom — These nations were neighbours to the Jews, and their princes had their ambassadors resident in Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 27:7 open_in_new

    All nations — That is, all these nations. His son — And Evil — Merodach his son, and Belshazzar his grand — child. Until — Until the period of his kingdom shall come, which was after seventy years, according to Jeremiah 29:10.