John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 28:8
The prophets that have been before me, and before thee of old ,.... Such as Isaiah, Hoses, Joel, Amos, Micah, Nahum, Habakkuk, Zephaniah, and others: these prophesied both against many countries and against great kingdoms ; as Egypt, Babylon, Syria, Ethiopia, Moab, &c.; as Isaiah particularly did: of war, and of evil, and of pestilence ; by evil some think is meant famine, because that usually goes along with the other mentioned, and there being but one letter in which the words... read more
Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 28:1-9
This struggle between a true prophet and a false one is said here to have happened in the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah, and yet in the fourth year, for the first four years of his reign might well be called the beginning, or former part, of it, because during those years he reigned under the dominion of the king of Babylon and as a tributary to him; whereas the rest of his reign, which might well be called the latter part of it, in distinction from that former part, he reigned in... read more