Jeremiah 29:16,Jeremiah 29:18

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

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:16

Know that thus saith the Lord ,.... Or "for", or "wherefore thus saith the Lord" F24 כי כה אמר "nam sic ait", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius; "ideo", Calvin; "ita namque", Schmidt. ; for the word "know" is not in the text, and seems needless; though it is also supplied by other interpreters F25 "Scitote quod", Vatablus. . The words are illative, and follow upon the former; and the sense is, that since they gave heed to their false prophets in Babylon, who... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:16

Verse 16 We now perceive for what purpose the Prophet, after having addressed the captives, turned his discourse to King Zedekiah and to the Jews, who as yet remained at home or in their own country; it was, that the captives might hence know how great was their madness to promise to themselves a return, after having been driven to remote lands, when final ruin was nigh both the king and the people, who as yet remained at Jerusalem; Thus then saith Jehovah to the king who sits on the throne of... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:15-23

Jeremiah's denunciation of two leading false prophets at Babylon, with a digression on the fate of Zedekiah and Jerusalem. Some eminent critics maintain that verses 16-20 are an interpolation, and this view is certainly supported By the omission of these verses in the Septuagint. It must also in fairness be admitted that the natural connection of verse 15 is with verse 21, not with verse 16. But it does not follow that verses 16-20 are an arbitrary interpolation. They may be regarded either as... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:16

Know that thus saith the Lord ; rather, Surely thus saith the Lord . read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:16-20

These verses are not in the Septuagint. But the text of the Septuagint is here throughout so brief and confused as to be explicable only on the supposition, that it represents what was left behind in Egypt when Jeremiah died, copied probably with extreme haste, and with no opportunity of careful collation afterward. On the other hand the Hebrew text represents no hurried transcript, but the original manuscript, and is especially trustworthy in the case of these letters sent to Babylon (see also... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 29:16-19

Jeremiah 29:16-19. Thus saith the Lord of the king and all the people, &c. See Jeremiah 24:8-10; that dwell in this city Namely, the city of Jerusalem, which is the city spoken of. I will make them like vile figs Rather like sour figs, that cannot be eaten The meaning is, I will deal with them as men deal with bad figs. They have made themselves vile and hateful, and I will use them accordingly. This refers to the vision, chap. 24., and the prophecy which we had there upon it. ... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

Letters to the captives in Babylon (29:1-32)In 597 BC several thousand of Jerusalem’s most capable people were taken captive to Babylon. Among them were some false prophets who began to predict, as Hananiah had done, that Babylon was about to fall and that the Judean captives were about to return to Jerusalem. Jeremiah, on hearing of this, wrote a letter to the community of captives (29:1-3).The advice Jeremiah gives to the exiles is that they settle down to a more or less permanent way of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 29:16

of = concerning. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:16

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:16

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:15-23

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:16

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:16-20

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 29:16-19

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 29:16

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