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Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 29:15

Jeremiah 29:15. 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 he, “I have adopted, as by it a due order and connection are restored, both in the place from whence the verse is removed, and in that to which it is transferred, a sufficient proof of its authenticity.” The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon This is meant of the false... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 29:16-19

Jeremiah 29:16-19. Thus saith the Lord of the king and all the people, &c. See Jeremiah 24:8-10; that dwell in this city Namely, the city of Jerusalem, which is the city spoken of. I will make them like vile figs Rather like sour figs, that cannot be eaten The meaning is, I will deal with them as men deal with bad figs. They have made themselves vile and hateful, and I will use them accordingly. This refers to the vision, chap. 24., and the prophecy which we had there upon it. ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

Letters to the captives in Babylon (29:1-32)In 597 BC several thousand of Jerusalem’s most capable people were taken captive to Babylon. Among them were some false prophets who began to predict, as Hananiah had done, that Babylon was about to fall and that the Judean captives were about to return to Jerusalem. Jeremiah, on hearing of this, wrote a letter to the community of captives (29:1-3).The advice Jeremiah gives to the exiles is that they settle down to a more or less permanent way of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 29:16

of = concerning. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:15

"Because ye have said, Jehovah hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; Thus saith Jehovah concerning the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and concerning all the people that dwell in this city, your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; thus saith Jehovah 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 bad. And I will pursue after them with the sword, with the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:15

15. Because—referring not to the preceding words, but to Jeremiah 29:10; Jeremiah 29:11, "Jehovah saith this to you" (that is, the prophecy of the continuance of the captivity seventy years), "because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon," namely, foretelling our speedy deliverance (this their prophecy is supposed, not expressed; accordingly, Jeremiah 29:11- : contradict this false hope again, Jeremiah 29:8; Jeremiah 29:9; Jeremiah 29:21). He, in this fifteenth verse,... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:16

16. people . . . in this city . . . not gone forth—So far from your returning to Jerusalem soon, even your brethren still left dwelling there shall themselves also be cast into exile. He mentions "the throne of David," lest they should think that, because David's kingdom was to be perpetual, no severe, though temporary, chastisements could interpose (Psalms 89:29-36). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 29:1-23

Jeremiah’s first letter to the exiles 29:1-23 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 29:15

The people were concluding falsely that the Lord had raised up prophets for them in Babylon. He did indeed raise up Ezekiel and Daniel, but false prophets are in view here, as is clear from the following verses. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 29:16-17

Jeremiah 29:16-19 are a digression that stresses the fact that the Lord would complete the judgment of Judah before any restoration would begin.The true message from Yahweh concerning the Davidic king, Zedekiah, and the remaining Judahites who were still in the Promised Land was that they would experience war, famine, and plagues. They would be like rotten figs: good for nothing (cf. Jeremiah 24:2-3). read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 29:15

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 29:16-19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 29:16

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:15

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:16

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 29:1-23

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 29:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 29:16-17

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