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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 27:12-22

What was said to all the nations is here with a particular tenderness applied to the nation of the Jews, for whom Jeremiah was sensibly concerned. The case at present stood thus: Judah and Jerusalem had often contested with the king of Babylon, and still were worsted; many both of their valuable persons and their valuable goods were carried to Babylon already, and some of the vessels of the Lord's house particularly. Now how this struggle would issue was the question. They had those among them... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:15

For I have not sent them, saith the Lord ,.... See Jeremiah 23:21 ; yet they prophesy a lie in my name; to deliver out a lie was a very wicked thing, sinful in them, and fatal to others; but to make use of the name of the Lord, and cover it with that, and back it with his authority, was much more wicked and abominable: that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish ; being driven out of their own land, perish in another; which, though the false prophets did not intend by their... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:16

Also I spake to the priests, and to all this people, saying ,.... From the court he went to the temple, and spoke to the priests that were ministering there, and to all the people that were assembled for divine worship; either at the ordinary time of it, or at some one of the solemn feasts: this was a proper time and place to meet with the people and the priests; which latter especially had a concern in what he had to say concerning the vessels of the temple: thus saith the Lord, hearken... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:16

The vessels of the Lord's house - Which had been carried away by Nebuchadnezzar under the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jeconiah, 2 Chronicles 36:7-10 . Shall now shortly be brought again - This is a lie. They shall not be restored till I bring them up, Jeremiah 27:22 , which was after the captivity, when they were sent back by Cyrus, the Lord inclining his heart to do it, Ezra 1:7 , and Ezra 7:19 . read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:15

Verse 15 He confirms what he had said, that they had not been sent by God. The object is to shew the Jews, that they were not to receive thoughtlessly everything presented to them under God’s name, but that they were to exercise discrimination and judgment. This is a passage worthy of special notice, for the devil has ever falsely assumed God’s name; and for all the errors and delusions which have ever prevailed in the world, he has not obtained credit otherwise than by this false pretense. And... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:16

Verse 16 Jeremiah, as we have seen, did not deal privately with the king alone, for he did not separate him from the people; but as he had directed his words chiefly to him, he therefore expresses now what might have seemed obscure, that though he had begun with the king, he yet included all the Jews. It was indeed necessary to begin with the king, for we know that earthly kings think much of their own dignity, and that the whole people are dependent on their will. Hence Hosea condemned them,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-22

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:16

The vessels of the Lord's house ; i.e. the golden vessels which Solomon had made, and which Nebuchadnezzar had taken away (l Kings 7:48-50; 2 Kings 24:13 ). Now shortly . These words are wanting in the Septuagint, and, considering that the Greek is also without the prediction in Jeremiah 27:22 , that the vessels of the temple and of the palace should be brought back in the day of visitation (which seems inconsistent with Jeremiah 52:17 ), the question arises whether the words "now... read more

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