Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:23
Villany - Elsewhere folly, in the sense of lewdness Judges 20:6, unchastity. read more
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Albert Barnes
Joseph Benson
Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 29:20-23
Jeremiah 29:20-23. Hear all ye of the captivity whom I have sent, &c. These phrases, I have sent, I have driven, &c., should be well observed by us. There is no evil or punishment in cities or nations, but, whoever be the instruments in bringing it on, God is the author of it. Thus saith the Lord of Ahab and of Zedekiah Of these two persons we read no more in holy writ. That they pretended to be prophets, and to reveal God’s will, although he had not called them to any such... 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 29:20
sent. Some codices, with Aramaean, read "caused to be carried captive". Compare Jeremiah 24:5 . read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 29:21
Ahab . . . Zedekiah. These were false prophets-whom Nebuchadrezzar treated as stated in Jeremiah 29:22 . Kolaiah . . . curse . . . roasted. Note the Figure of speech Paronomasia . Hebrew. Kolayah . . . kelah . . . kalam. Nebuchadrezzar. Some codices read Nebuchadnezzar. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 29:22
a curse = a curse formula. read more
E.W. Bullinger
E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 29:23
committed villany = vileness: i.e. worshipped idols. See the first occurance Genesis 34:7 . read more
James Burton Coffman
Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:21
"Thus saith Jehovah of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and concerning Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a lie unto you in my name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon; and he shall slay them before your eyes; and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah that are in Babylon, saying, Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire; because they have... read more
Thomas Coke
Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 29:21
Jeremiah 29:21. Ahab—and—Zedekiah— Two false prophets, who seduced the Jews at Babylon. The rabbies, followed by many interpreters, believe that there were the two persons who attempted to seduce Susanna. See Jeremiah 29:23. read more
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Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:22
A curse - There is a play here of words. which probably was the cause why the death of these men passed into a proverb. One of them was named ben-Kolaiah; and they are to be made a curse (קללה qelâlâh), because Nebuchadnezzar had roasted (קלה qâlâh) them. Compare the marginal reference note. read more