Jer 29:15 Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; Ver. 15. Because ye have said. ] From the heirs of the promises he turneth his speech to others, qui praesumendo sperant, et sperando pereunt. read more
Jeremiah 29:16 [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; Ver. 16. Know that thus saith the Lord. ] Or, Therefore thus saith the Lord, whatever ye say, or your counterfeit prophets say, to the contrary. read more
Jeremiah 29:8, Jeremiah 29:9, Jeremiah 28:1-Esther :, Ezekiel 1:1, Ezekiel 1:3 Reciprocal: Jeremiah 29:20 - hear read more
Jeremiah 29:3, Jeremiah 24:2, Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 38:3, Jeremiah 38:17-Isaiah :, Ezekiel 6:1 - Ezekiel 9:11, Ezekiel 17:12-Ecclesiastes :, Ezekiel 21:9-Daniel :, Ezekiel 22:31, Ezekiel 24:1-2 Chronicles : Reciprocal: Jeremiah 22:2 - that sittest Jeremiah 24:8 - as Jeremiah 37:17 - thou shalt Ezekiel 11:21 - I will read more
Because ye have said, The LORD hath raised us up prophets in Babylon;Because — The prophet here turns his speech to some wicked Jews, that were in Babylon, or in Judea. read more
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;Of the king — Zedekiah. read more
LETTER TO THE EXILES, 1-23. To complete the history of this conflict between Jeremiah and those like Hananiah, who promised to the Jews the speedy downfall of Nebuchadnezzar’s power and the consequent restoration of those who had gone into captivity, there is given in this chapter the letter which Jeremiah wrote to those in Babylon to correct the false hopes which had sprung up there. As was to be expected, there was the same uneasiness at Babylon as at Jerusalem. The eager desire of these... read more
15. Ye have said The connexion here is evident, though some have denied that there is any, and have decided this verse to be an interpolation. The fact that there was still a king sitting on the throne of David was doubtless urged as a proof that the reverses which had come to the kingdom were merely temporary. They themselves were unfortunately prisoners and exiles, but the throne of David and the services of the temple were visible sacraments of God’s favour and presence with his people.... read more
16. King… all the people… your brethren The third noun is in apposition with the first and second, and hence the and of the translators is misleading. Omit it. read more
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Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 29:1-32
Jeremiah 29:10 . After seventy years. See Jeremiah 26:1. Zechariah fixes the captivity at the same number of years, and he flourished sometime after Jeremiah’s death. No doubt the captivity was exactly seventy years from the fourth year of Jehoiakim, when Jeconiah, the heir apparent, with about twenty thousand of the guards, the nobles, and artisans was carried to Babylon. As to the difficulties of the chronology which seem to make more than seventy years, they belong to critics, and they... read more