Jeremiah 27:12 NIV

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 27:12

I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah ,.... At the same time that he delivered the above message from the Lord to the ambassadors of several nations, who were then residents in Zedekiah's court, or however in Jerusalem: according to all these words ; the same things, and much in the same language, he said to the king of Judah, as to the messengers of the nations: saying ; as follows: bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon ; you, O king, your nobles, and your... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:12

Verse 12 This verse proves with sufficient clearness that what we have hitherto explained was spoken especially to the chosen people; for Jeremiah tells us here, that he spoke to the King Zedekiah, and in the sixteenth verse he adds that he spoke to the priests and to the people. He was not then sent as a teacher to the Moabites, the Tyrians, and other foreign nations; but God had prescribed to him his limits, within which he was to keep. He therefore says, that he spoke to the king We hence... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-22

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

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

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:12

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:12-15

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-22

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

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:12

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