John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:21
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ,.... See Gill on Jeremiah 29:4 ; of Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and of Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, which prophesy a lie unto you : two false prophets, of whom we have no account any where else but here; and are, no doubt, the prophets, or however two of them, that they of the captivity boasted of that God had raised unto them in Babylon, Jeremiah 29:15 . The Jews F3 R. Gedaliah Shalshelet Hakabala, fol. 80. 1. say, and so Jerom... read more
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