Jeremiah 27:12-15 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 Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:13

Why will ye die, thou and thy people, the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence ,.... Through a blockade of the Chaldean army, which would invade their land, and besiege their city, upon a refusal to be subject to their yoke: as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon ? as the Lord has threatened shall be the case of any and everyone of the above nations that should refuse to be tributary to him; of which, no doubt, Zedekiah and his court had... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:14

Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets ,.... The false prophets, as the Targum; such bad kings always had about them, to whom they listened, and which often proved of bad consequence to them: that speak unto you, saying ; as follows: ye shall not serve the king of Babylon ; ye ought not to do it, but cast off his yoke; to which if ye do not willingly submit, he will never be able to force you to it: for they prophesy a lie unto you ; and therefore should not be... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:15

For I have not sent them, saith the Lord ,.... See Jeremiah 23:21 ; yet they prophesy a lie in my name; to deliver out a lie was a very wicked thing, sinful in them, and fatal to others; but to make use of the name of the Lord, and cover it with that, and back it with his authority, was much more wicked and abominable: that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish ; being driven out of their own land, perish in another; which, though the false prophets did not intend by their... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:13

Why will ye die - If ye resist the king of Babylon, to whom I have given a commission against you, ye shall be destroyed by the sword and by famine; but if ye submit, ye shall escape all these evils. 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

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:13

Verse 13 Here is a threatening added; for all means were used not only to invite the Jews, but also to stimulate them to repent. The Prophet offered them pardon, if they quietly submitted to be chastised by God. It was to be their life, he said, when the Lord punished them according to his will. As they could not be sufficiently moved by this kindness, he now adds, “See ye to it, for except ye receive the life offered to you, you must inevitably perish. Therefore thou, Zedekiah, wilt... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:14

Verse 14 He repeats the same words which we have met with before; there is therefore no need of dwelling long on them here. Yet the repetition was not superfluous; for he had a hard contest with the false prophets, who had attained great authority. As Jeremiah alone made an onset on the whole multitude, the greater part of them might have objected and said, that in matters of such perplexity there was nothing certain or clear. As therefore it was not easy to convince the Jews who were disposed... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:15

Verse 15 He confirms what he had said, that they had not been sent by God. The object is to shew the Jews, that they were not to receive thoughtlessly everything presented to them under God’s name, but that they were to exercise discrimination and judgment. This is a passage worthy of special notice, for the devil has ever falsely assumed God’s name; and for all the errors and delusions which have ever prevailed in the world, he has not obtained credit otherwise than by this false pretense. And... read more

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

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 27:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:13

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

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:13

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:14

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 27:15

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