Bible Commentary

And of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captivity of Judah which [are] in Babylon, saying, The LORD make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; A curse – There is a play here of words. which probably was the cause why the … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 29:22”

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you in my name; Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; 21. Of … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 29:21”

Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon: 20. This v. is an insertion, to connect the preceding interpolation with what follows. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 20 23. The prophets in Babylonia, of whom the exiles speak in … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 29:20”

Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the LORD, which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending [them]; but ye would not hear, saith the LORD. A contempt of the word of the Lord was the cause of this peoples ruin, and will be the cause … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 29:19”

And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine, and with the pestilence, and will deliver them to be removed to all the kingdoms of the earth, to be a curse, and an astonishment, and a hissing, and a reproach, among all the nations whither I have driven them: 18. For the general … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 29:18”

Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 17. vile figs ] Cp. Jer 24:2-8. Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges Verse 17. Behold, I will send … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 29:17”

[Know] that thus saith the LORD of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, [and] of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 16. the king ] Zedekiah. See Jer 28:1. See note on Jer 29:24. Fuente: The Cambridge … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 29:16”

Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; 15. This v. naturally links with Jer 29:21 ff., while the intervening vv. make an apparent severance in the logical connexion, and are absent from LXX, except in a certain recension (Lucianic), where, however, they precede Jer 29:15. With this transposition, as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 29:15”

And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place whence I caused you to be carried … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 29:14”

And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart. That is, sincerely, as Psa 119:2. Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole 13. (Lev 26:40-42;Lev 26:44; Lev 26:45). Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible And ye … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 29:13”