Jeremiah 29

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 29

The contest between Jeremiah and the false prophets was carried on before by preaching, here by writing; there we had sermon against sermon, here we have letter against letter, for some of the false prophets are now carried away into captivity in Babylon, while Jeremiah remains in his own country. Now here is, I. A letter which Jeremiah wrote to the captives in Babylon, against their prophets that they had there (Jer. 29:1-3), in which letter, 1. He endeavours to reconcile them to their... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-7

We are here told, I. That Jeremiah wrote to the captives in Babylon, in the name of the Lord. Jeconiah had surrendered himself a prisoner, with the queen his mother, the chamberlains of his household, called here the eunuchs, and many of the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, who were at that time the most active men; the carpenters and smiths likewise, being demanded, were yielded up, that those who remained might not have any proper hands to fortify their city or furnish themselves with weapons... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 29:8-14

To make the people quiet and easy in their captivity, I. God takes them off from building upon the false foundation which their pretended prophets laid, Jer. 29:8, 9. They told them that their captivity should be short, and therefore that they must not think of taking root in Babylon, but be upon the wing to go back: ?Now herein they deceive you,? says God; ?they prophesy a lie to you, though they prophesy in my name. But let them not deceive you, suffer not yourselves to be deluded by them.?... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 29:15-23

Jeremiah, having given great encouragement to those among the captives whom he knew to be serious and well-affected, assuring them that God had very kind and favourable intentions concerning them, here turns to those among them who slighted the counsels and comforts that Jeremiah ministered to them and depended upon what the false prophets flattered them with. When this letter came from Jeremiah they would be ready to say, ?Why should he make himself so busy, and take upon him to advise us?... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 29:24-32

We have perused the contents of Jeremiah's letter to the captives in Babylon, who had reason, with a great deal of thanks to God and him, to acknowledge the receipt of it, and lay it up among their treasures. But we cannot wonder if the false prophets they had among them were enraged at it; for it gave them their true character. Now here we are told concerning one of them, I. How he manifested his malice against Jeremiah. This busy fellow is called Shemaiah the Nehelamite, the dreamer (so the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 29 Thus chapter contains a letter of Jeremiah to the captives in Babylon; and gives an account of another sent from thence by Shemaiah to the people at Jerusalem; and is closed with threatening him with punishment for so doing. Jeremiah's letter concerns both the captives at Babylon, and the people left at Jerusalem, The persons to whom and by whom it was sent, and the time of writing and sending it, are mentioned in Jeremiah 29:1 ; and though the prophet was the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1

Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem ,.... The argument and tenor, the sum and substance, of an epistle, which the prophet Jeremiah, being at Jerusalem, wrote, under the inspiration of God, to his countrymen abroad, afterwards described; so the prophets under the Old Testament instructed the people, sometimes by their sermons and discourses delivered by word of mouth to them, and sometimes by letters and epistles; as did the apostles of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:2

After that Jeconiah the king ,.... Of Judah; the same with Jehoiachin, who was carried captive into Babylon when he had reigned but three months: and the queen ; not Jeconiah's wife, for he had none; but his mother, whose name was Nehushta, and who was carried captive with him, 2 Kings 24:8 ; and the eunuchs ; or "chamberlains" to the queen; the Targum calls them princes; these were of the king's household, his courtiers; and such persons have been everywhere, and in all ages,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:3

By the hand of Elasah the son of Shaphan ,.... Perhaps the brother of Ahikam, and of Jaazaniah, Jeremiah 26:24 ; and Gemariah the son of Hilkiah ; to distinguish him from Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, Jeremiah 36:10 ; whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent unto Babylon, to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon ; as his ambassadors, on what account it is not certain; perhaps to pay the tribute money to him; or to treat with him about the restoration of some of the captives; or to... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:4

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... For the letter was written by the order of the Lord, was endited by him, and was sent in his name, the prophet was only his amanuensis; and the titles which the Lord here takes are worthy of notice: "the Lord of hosts": of the armies above and below, that does according to his pleasure in heaven and in earth, with whom nothing is impossible; who could easily destroy the enemies of his people, and deliver them, either immediately by his... read more

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