Jeremiah 27:3, Jeremiah 27:8 KJV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-11

Some difficulty occurs in the date of this prophecy. This word is said to come to Jeremiah in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim (Jer. 27:1), and yet the messengers, to whom he is to deliver the badges of servitude, are said (Jer. 27:3) to come to Zedekiah king of Judah, who reigned not till eleven years after the beginning of Jehoiakim's reign. Some make it an error of the copy, and think that it should be read (Jer. 27:1), In the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, for which some... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:3

And send them to the king of Edom, and to the king of Moab , and to the king of the Ammonites, and to the king of Tyrus, and to the king of Zidon ,.... All neighbouring kings and states, to whom the wine cup of God's wrath was to be sent, and they made to drink of it, Jeremiah 25:21 ; and against whom Jeremiah afterwards prophesies: by the hand of the messengers which come to Jerusalem unto Zedekiah king of Judah ; who were sent by their masters, either to congratulate Zedekiah... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:3

Verse 3 The Prophet seems to have addressed the ambassadors who were sent by neighboring kings to King Zedekiah; and he was bidden to command them to declare each to his master, that they were all to come under the yoke of the king of Babylon. There is, moreover, no doubt but that God designed especially and chiefly to give a lesson to Zedekiah and to the Jews; for these legations mentioned here might have so emboldened them as to despise all prophecies, and to think themselves beyond all... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-11

Jehovah's consideration towards some neighbors of Israel. I. GOD FORESEES THE NATURAL PROBABILITY OF A STRUGGLE . Nebuchadnezzar and his hosts are not to drop from the clouds on the land of Jehovah's people whom Jehovah has now doomed. These hosts come from a distant land, and have many intervening lands to pass through; and how can they pass through in any but a destroying, impoverishing fashion? If the King of Babylon is to reach Jerusalem, the lands here mentioned must... 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 27:3

And send them , etc. The letter of the text certainly suggests that Jeremiah actually delivered a separate yoke to each of the five ambassadors. Some commentators, however, finding such an act almost incredible, suppose the statement to be allegorical, and the "sending of the yoke" to mean the declaration of the subjection of the nations to Nebuchadnezzar which follows, somewhat as in Jeremiah 25:15 the "causing all the nations to drink "means the utterance of a prophecy of woe to the... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 27:3

Come - Or, are come. The ambassadors of these five kings had probably come to Jerusalem to consult about forming a league to throw off the Babylonian supremacy. The attempt failed. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 27:2-3

Jeremiah 27:2-3. Make thee bonds and yokes, &c. The prophets were frequently ordered to foreshow future events by actions as well as by words. Thus Isaiah was commanded to go naked and barefoot, Isaiah 20:3. Ezekiel, in like manner, was ordered to prophesy by signs, Ezekiel 4:1; Ezekiel 12:3; and Ezekiel 24:17-19. In making these yokes, putting them upon his neck, and fastening them on with bands, Jeremiah was intended to be a type both to his own people, and also to the people... 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

Jeremiah 27:3, Jeremiah 27:8 Kjv

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-11

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:3

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-22

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 27:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 27:3

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 27:2-3

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:1-22

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