Jeremiah 27:12-15 NIV

Divine judgments not to be resisted. A conference of ambassadors from neighboring nations had been held at Zedekiah's court to consider plans of revolt against Nebuchadnezzar. The king himself and a patriotic party were bent upon resistance. This movement Jeremiah checked at its very outset by his symbolical warning. I. GOD IS RULER OF ALL THE KINGDOMS OF THE EARTH . He made them, and controls their destinies. Of the earth he says, "I have given it unto whom it... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:12-15

But the warnings of Jeremiah were not confined, far from it, to the neighboring kings. Zedekiah had received a precisely similar message. Bring your necks . The plural is used, for Zedekiah was but an individual among a number of much more vigorous personalities (comp. on Jeremiah 22:2 ). read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 27:13-15

Zedekiah was restless under the Babylonian yoke, and the false prophets found only too ready a hearing from him. He is addressed in the plural because his feelings were fully shared by the mass of the officers of state and by the people. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 27:12-13

Jeremiah 27:12-13. I spake also to Zedekiah, &c. What the prophet here says to Zedekiah has a particular weight in it, because he was made king of Judea by Nebuchadnezzar, and had taken an oath to be faithful to him, and never to resist his authority. Why will ye die, thou and thy people? That is, why wilt thou wilfully ruin, not only thyself, but thy people, by the sword, the famine, and the pestilence? by which judgments the Lord hath declared, that all nations who will not... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-22

Submit to Babylon (27:1-22)Early in the reign of Zedekiah, representatives from various neighbouring countries came to Jerusalem, in the hope of forming an alliance with Zedekiah against Babylon. Jeremiah delivered God’s message to them, illustrating the message by putting an ox’s yoke on his neck. The meaning was that the people were to submit to the yoke, or rule, of Babylon. This was God’s will, and there was no use rebelling against it. Babylon would not be overthrown till God’s time for it... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 27:12

I spake: i.e. thirteen years after this prophecy came to him. See note on Jeremiah 27:1 . to Zedekiah. It is not stated whether he ever addressed the two other kings. Jehoahaz and Zedekiah were the sons of Hamutal; Jehoiakim was the son of the proud Zebudah (2 Kings 23:36 ). Compare Jeremiah 13:18 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 27:13

Why . . . ? Figure of speech Asterismos. by. Some codices, with Aramaean, Syriac, and Vulgate, read "and by", thus completing the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. Compare Jeremiah 27:8 . as = according as. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:12

"And I spake to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as Jehovah hath spoken concerning the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? And hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon; for they prophecy a lie unto you.... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 27:12

12. I spake also—translate, "And I spake," &c. Special application of the subject to Zedekiah. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-22