Chapter 29
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Cir, am 3407, bc 597
Now This transaction is supposed to have taken place in the first or second year of Zedekiah.
of the letter Jer 29:25-29; 2Chr 30:1-6; Esth 9:20; Acts 15:23; 2Cor 7:8; Gal 6:11; Heb 13:22; Rev. 2:1-3:22
the elders Jer 24:1-7, Jer 28:4
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Jeconiah Jer 22:24-28, Coniah, Jer 27:20, Jer 28:4; 2Kgs 24:12-16; 2Chr 36:9-10, Jehoiachin
eunuchs or, chamberlains, 2Kgs 9:32 *marg. 2Kgs 20:18; Dan 1:3-21
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Shaphan Jer 26:24, Jer 39:14; 2Kgs 22:8; Ezek 8:11
Gemariah Jer 36:25; 2Kgs 22:12; 2Chr 34:20
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whom Jer 24:5; Isa 5:5, Isa 10:5-6, Isa 45:7, Isa 59:1-2; Amos 3:6
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Jer 29:10, Jer 29:28; Ezek 28:26
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Take ye Jer 16:2-4; Gen 1:27-28, Gen 9:7; 1Tim 5:14
take wives Gen 21:21, Gen 24:3-4, Gen 24:51, Gen 24:60, Gen 28:1-4, Gen 29:19, Gen 34:4; Judg 1:12-14, Judg 12:9, Judg 14:2; 1Cor 7:36-38
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seek Dan 4:27, Dan 6:4-5; Rom 13:1, Rom 13:5; 1Pet 2:13-17
pray Ezra 6:10, Ezra 7:23; Dan 4:19; 1Tim 2:1-2
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Let Jer 14:14, Jer 23:21, Jer 27:14-15, Jer 28:15; Zech 13:4; Matt 24:4-5, Matt 24:24; Mark 13:5-6, Mark 13:22-23; Luke 21:8; Rom 16:18; 2Cor 11:13-15; Eph 4:14, Eph 5:6; 2Thess 2:3, 2Thess 2:9-11; 2Tim 3:13; 2John 1:7-9; Rev 13:14, Rev 19:20
your dreams Jer 5:31; Mic 2:11; Luke 6:26; 2Pet 2:2-3
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falsely Heb. in a lie, Jer 29:23, Jer 29:31, Jer 27:15
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after Jer 25:12, Jer 27:7, Jer 27:22; 2Chr 36:21-23; Ezra 1:1-2; Dan 9:2; Zech 7:5
I will Jer 24:6-7, Jer 32:42-44; Zeph 2:7
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I know Job 23:13; Ps 33:11, Ps 40:5; Isa 46:10-11, Isa 55:8-12; Mic 4:12; Zech 1:6; Zech 8:14-15
thoughts Jer 3:12-19, Jer 30:18-22, 31:1-33:26; Isa. 40:1-46:13; Ezek 34:11-31; Ezek. 36:1-37:28, Ezek 39:1-29; Hos 2:14-23, Hos 3:5, Hos 14:2-9; Joel 2:28-32; Amos 9:8-15; Mic 5:4-7, Mic 7:14-20; Zeph 3:14-20; Zech 9:9-17, Zech 12:5-10; Zech 14:20-21; Rev 14:8-14
expected end Heb. end and expectation, Lam 3:26
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Jer 31:9, Jer 33:3; Neh 2:4-20; Ps 10:17, Ps 50:15, Ps 102:16-17; Isa 30:19, Isa 65:24; Ezek 36:37; Dan 9:3-19; Zech 13:9; Matt 7:7-8
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ye shall Lev 26:40-45; Deut 4:29-31, Deut 30:1-20; 1Kgs 8:47-50; 2Chr 6:37-39; Ps 91:15; Isa 55:6-7; Hos 5:15, Hos 6:1-3; Amos 5:4-6; Zeph 2:1-3; Luke 11:9-10
with Jer 3:10, Jer 24:7; Deut 30:2, Deut 30:10; 1Kgs 2:4; 2Kgs 23:3; 2Chr 22:9, 2Chr 31:21; Ps 119:2, Ps 119:10, Ps 119:58, Ps 119:69, Ps 119:145; Joel 2:12; Acts 8:37
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I will be Deut 4:7; 1Chr 28:9; 2Chr 15:12-15; Ps 32:6, Ps 46:1; Isa 45:19, Isa 55:6; Rom 10:20
and I will turn Jer 16:14-15, Jer 23:3-8, Jer 24:5-7, Jer 30:3, Jer 30:10, Jer 31:8-14, Jer 32:37-44, Jer 33:7-26; Jer 46:27-28, Jer 50:4-5, Jer 50:19-20, Jer 50:33-34, Jer 51:10; Ps 126:1, Ps 126:4; Ezek 11:16-20; Ezek 34:1-31, 36:1-39:29; Amos 9:14; Mic 4:12; Zeph 3:20
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Jer 29:8-9, Jer 28:1-17; Ezek 1:1, Ezek 1:3
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Jer 29:3, Jer 24:2, Jer 38:2-3, Jer 38:17-23; Ezek. 6:1-9:11, Ezek 17:12-21, Ezek 21:9-27, Ezek 22:31; Ezek 24:1-14
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Behold Jer 29:18, Jer 15:2-3, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 34:17-22, Jer 43:11, Jer 52:6; Ezek 5:12-17, Ezek 14:12-21; Luke 21:11, Luke 21:23
them like Jer 24:1-3, Jer 24:8
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will deliver Jer 15:4, Jer 24:9, Jer 34:17; Lev 26:33; Deut 28:25, Deut 28:64; 2Chr 29:8; Ps 44:11; Ezek 6:8, Ezek 12:15, Ezek 22:15, Ezek 36:19; Amos 9:9; Zech 7:14; Luke 21:24
to be a curse Heb. for a curse, Jer 29:22, Jer 19:8, Jer 25:9, Jer 26:6, Jer 42:18; Deut 29:21-28; 1Kgs 9:7-8; 2Chr 7:19-22, 2Chr 29:8; Isa 65:15; Lam 2:15-16
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Jer 6:19, Jer 7:13, Jer 7:24-26, Jer 25:3-7, Jer 26:5, Jer 32:33, Jer 34:17, Jer 35:14-16, Jer 44:4-5; Zech 1:4-6, Zech 7:11-13; Heb 12:25
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hear Dr. Blayney thinks there were two letters written by the prophet to the captives in Babylon, and the first ends with this verse. That having heard, on the return of the embassy, that the captives had received his advice favourably, and because they were deceived by false prophets, who promised them a speedier deliverance, he therefore wrote a second letter, beginning with the Jer 29:15, and going on with the twenty-first, etc. (in which order these verses are read in the Septuagint), in which he denounces God's judgments on the three chief of those, Ahab, Zedekiah, and Shemaiah.
all ye Ezek 3:11, Ezek 3:15
whom Jer 24:5; Mic 4:10
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which Jer 29:8-9, Jer 14:14-15; Lam 2:14
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shall be Gen 48:20; Ruth 4:11; Isa 65:15; 1Cor 16:22
roasted Dan 3:6, Dan 3:21
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and have Jer 7:9-10, Jer 23:14, Jer 23:21; Ps 50:16-18; Zeph 3:4; 2Pet 2:10-19; Jude 1:8-11
lying Jer 29:8-9, Jer 29:21
even I Jer 13:27, Jer 16:17, Jer 23:23-24; Prov 5:21; Mal 2:14, Mal 3:5; Heb 4:13; Rev 1:5; Rev 3:14
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Shemaiah Jer 29:31-32
Nehelamite or, dreamer, Jer 29:8
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Because 1Kgs 21:8-13; 2Kgs 10:1-7, 2Kgs 19:9, 2Kgs 19:14; 2Chr 32:17; Ezra 4:7-16; Neh 6:5, Neh 6:17; Neh 6:19; Acts 9:2
Zephaniah Jer 29:29, Jer 21:1-2, Jer 37:3, Jer 52:24; 2Kgs 25:18-21
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officers Jer 20:1-2; 2Kgs 11:15, 2Kgs 11:18; Acts 4:1, Acts 5:24
for every 2Kgs 9:11; Hos 9:7; Mark 3:21; John 10:20; Acts 26:11, Acts 26:24; 2Cor 5:13-15
and maketh Jer 29:27; Deut 13:1-5; Zech 13:3-6; Matt 21:23; John 8:53, John 10:33
that thou Jer 20:1-2, Jer 38:6, Jer 38:28; 2Chr 16:10, 2Chr 18:26; Acts 5:18, Acts 16:24; 2Cor 11:33; Rev 2:10
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therefore 2Chr 25:16; Amos 7:12-13; John 11:47-53; Acts 4:17-21, Acts 5:28, Acts 5:40
which Jer 29:26, Jer 43:2-3; Num 16:3; Matt 27:63; 2Tim 3:8
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Jer 29:1-10
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Jer 29:25
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Send Jer 29:20
Because Jer 29:9, Jer 29:23, Jer 14:14-15, Jer 23:21, Jer 28:15-17; Ezek 13:8-16, Ezek 13:22-23; 2Pet 2:1
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punish Jer 20:6; Exod 20:5; Num 16:27-33; Josh 7:24-25; 2Kgs 5:27; Ps 109:8-15; Isa 14:20, Isa 14:22; Amos 7:17
he shall Jer 22:30, Jer 35:19; 1Sam 2:30-34
behold Jer 29:10-14, Jer 17:6; 2Kgs 7:2, 2Kgs 7:19-20
rebellion Heb. revolt, Jer 28:16 *marg.
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Cir, am 3407, bc 597
Now This transaction is supposed to have taken place in the first or second year of Zedekiah.
of the letter Jer 29:25-29; 2Chr 30:1-6; Esth 9:20; Acts 15:23; 2Cor 7:8; Gal 6:11; Heb 13:22; Rev. 2:1-3:22
the elders Jer 24:1-7, Jer 28:4
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Jeconiah Jer 22:24-28, Coniah, Jer 27:20, Jer 28:4; 2Kgs 24:12-16; 2Chr 36:9-10, Jehoiachin
eunuchs or, chamberlains, 2Kgs 9:32 *marg. 2Kgs 20:18; Dan 1:3-21
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Shaphan Jer 26:24, Jer 39:14; 2Kgs 22:8; Ezek 8:11
Gemariah Jer 36:25; 2Kgs 22:12; 2Chr 34:20
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whom Jer 24:5; Isa 5:5, Isa 10:5-6, Isa 45:7, Isa 59:1-2; Amos 3:6
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Jer 29:10, Jer 29:28; Ezek 28:26
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Take ye Jer 16:2-4; Gen 1:27-28, Gen 9:7; 1Tim 5:14
take wives Gen 21:21, Gen 24:3-4, Gen 24:51, Gen 24:60, Gen 28:1-4, Gen 29:19, Gen 34:4; Judg 1:12-14, Judg 12:9, Judg 14:2; 1Cor 7:36-38
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seek Dan 4:27, Dan 6:4-5; Rom 13:1, Rom 13:5; 1Pet 2:13-17
pray Ezra 6:10, Ezra 7:23; Dan 4:19; 1Tim 2:1-2
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Let Jer 14:14, Jer 23:21, Jer 27:14-15, Jer 28:15; Zech 13:4; Matt 24:4-5, Matt 24:24; Mark 13:5-6, Mark 13:22-23; Luke 21:8; Rom 16:18; 2Cor 11:13-15; Eph 4:14, Eph 5:6; 2Thess 2:3, 2Thess 2:9-11; 2Tim 3:13; 2John 1:7-9; Rev 13:14, Rev 19:20
your dreams Jer 5:31; Mic 2:11; Luke 6:26; 2Pet 2:2-3
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falsely Heb. in a lie, Jer 29:23, Jer 29:31, Jer 27:15
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after Jer 25:12, Jer 27:7, Jer 27:22; 2Chr 36:21-23; Ezra 1:1-2; Dan 9:2; Zech 7:5
I will Jer 24:6-7, Jer 32:42-44; Zeph 2:7
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I know Job 23:13; Ps 33:11, Ps 40:5; Isa 46:10-11, Isa 55:8-12; Mic 4:12; Zech 1:6; Zech 8:14-15
thoughts Jer 3:12-19, Jer 30:18-22, 31:1-33:26; Isa. 40:1-46:13; Ezek 34:11-31; Ezek. 36:1-37:28, Ezek 39:1-29; Hos 2:14-23, Hos 3:5, Hos 14:2-9; Joel 2:28-32; Amos 9:8-15; Mic 5:4-7, Mic 7:14-20; Zeph 3:14-20; Zech 9:9-17, Zech 12:5-10; Zech 14:20-21; Rev 14:8-14
expected end Heb. end and expectation, Lam 3:26
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Jer 31:9, Jer 33:3; Neh 2:4-20; Ps 10:17, Ps 50:15, Ps 102:16-17; Isa 30:19, Isa 65:24; Ezek 36:37; Dan 9:3-19; Zech 13:9; Matt 7:7-8
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ye shall Lev 26:40-45; Deut 4:29-31, Deut 30:1-20; 1Kgs 8:47-50; 2Chr 6:37-39; Ps 91:15; Isa 55:6-7; Hos 5:15, Hos 6:1-3; Amos 5:4-6; Zeph 2:1-3; Luke 11:9-10
with Jer 3:10, Jer 24:7; Deut 30:2, Deut 30:10; 1Kgs 2:4; 2Kgs 23:3; 2Chr 22:9, 2Chr 31:21; Ps 119:2, Ps 119:10, Ps 119:58, Ps 119:69, Ps 119:145; Joel 2:12; Acts 8:37
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I will be Deut 4:7; 1Chr 28:9; 2Chr 15:12-15; Ps 32:6, Ps 46:1; Isa 45:19, Isa 55:6; Rom 10:20
and I will turn Jer 16:14-15, Jer 23:3-8, Jer 24:5-7, Jer 30:3, Jer 30:10, Jer 31:8-14, Jer 32:37-44, Jer 33:7-26; Jer 46:27-28, Jer 50:4-5, Jer 50:19-20, Jer 50:33-34, Jer 51:10; Ps 126:1, Ps 126:4; Ezek 11:16-20; Ezek 34:1-31, 36:1-39:29; Amos 9:14; Mic 4:12; Zeph 3:20
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Jer 29:8-9, Jer 28:1-17; Ezek 1:1, Ezek 1:3
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Jer 29:3, Jer 24:2, Jer 38:2-3, Jer 38:17-23; Ezek. 6:1-9:11, Ezek 17:12-21, Ezek 21:9-27, Ezek 22:31; Ezek 24:1-14
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Behold Jer 29:18, Jer 15:2-3, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 34:17-22, Jer 43:11, Jer 52:6; Ezek 5:12-17, Ezek 14:12-21; Luke 21:11, Luke 21:23
them like Jer 24:1-3, Jer 24:8
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will deliver Jer 15:4, Jer 24:9, Jer 34:17; Lev 26:33; Deut 28:25, Deut 28:64; 2Chr 29:8; Ps 44:11; Ezek 6:8, Ezek 12:15, Ezek 22:15, Ezek 36:19; Amos 9:9; Zech 7:14; Luke 21:24
to be a curse Heb. for a curse, Jer 29:22, Jer 19:8, Jer 25:9, Jer 26:6, Jer 42:18; Deut 29:21-28; 1Kgs 9:7-8; 2Chr 7:19-22, 2Chr 29:8; Isa 65:15; Lam 2:15-16
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Jer 6:19, Jer 7:13, Jer 7:24-26, Jer 25:3-7, Jer 26:5, Jer 32:33, Jer 34:17, Jer 35:14-16, Jer 44:4-5; Zech 1:4-6, Zech 7:11-13; Heb 12:25
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hear Dr. Blayney thinks there were two letters written by the prophet to the captives in Babylon, and the first ends with this verse. That having heard, on the return of the embassy, that the captives had received his advice favourably, and because they were deceived by false prophets, who promised them a speedier deliverance, he therefore wrote a second letter, beginning with the Jer 29:15, and going on with the twenty-first, etc. (in which order these verses are read in the Septuagint), in which he denounces God's judgments on the three chief of those, Ahab, Zedekiah, and Shemaiah.
all ye Ezek 3:11, Ezek 3:15
whom Jer 24:5; Mic 4:10
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which Jer 29:8-9, Jer 14:14-15; Lam 2:14
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shall be Gen 48:20; Ruth 4:11; Isa 65:15; 1Cor 16:22
roasted Dan 3:6, Dan 3:21
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and have Jer 7:9-10, Jer 23:14, Jer 23:21; Ps 50:16-18; Zeph 3:4; 2Pet 2:10-19; Jude 1:8-11
lying Jer 29:8-9, Jer 29:21
even I Jer 13:27, Jer 16:17, Jer 23:23-24; Prov 5:21; Mal 2:14, Mal 3:5; Heb 4:13; Rev 1:5; Rev 3:14
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Shemaiah Jer 29:31-32
Nehelamite or, dreamer, Jer 29:8
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Because 1Kgs 21:8-13; 2Kgs 10:1-7, 2Kgs 19:9, 2Kgs 19:14; 2Chr 32:17; Ezra 4:7-16; Neh 6:5, Neh 6:17; Neh 6:19; Acts 9:2
Zephaniah Jer 29:29, Jer 21:1-2, Jer 37:3, Jer 52:24; 2Kgs 25:18-21
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officers Jer 20:1-2; 2Kgs 11:15, 2Kgs 11:18; Acts 4:1, Acts 5:24
for every 2Kgs 9:11; Hos 9:7; Mark 3:21; John 10:20; Acts 26:11, Acts 26:24; 2Cor 5:13-15
and maketh Jer 29:27; Deut 13:1-5; Zech 13:3-6; Matt 21:23; John 8:53, John 10:33
that thou Jer 20:1-2, Jer 38:6, Jer 38:28; 2Chr 16:10, 2Chr 18:26; Acts 5:18, Acts 16:24; 2Cor 11:33; Rev 2:10
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therefore 2Chr 25:16; Amos 7:12-13; John 11:47-53; Acts 4:17-21, Acts 5:28, Acts 5:40
which Jer 29:26, Jer 43:2-3; Num 16:3; Matt 27:63; 2Tim 3:8
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Jer 29:1-10
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Jer 29:25
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Send Jer 29:20
Because Jer 29:9, Jer 29:23, Jer 14:14-15, Jer 23:21, Jer 28:15-17; Ezek 13:8-16, Ezek 13:22-23; 2Pet 2:1
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punish Jer 20:6; Exod 20:5; Num 16:27-33; Josh 7:24-25; 2Kgs 5:27; Ps 109:8-15; Isa 14:20, Isa 14:22; Amos 7:17
he shall Jer 22:30, Jer 35:19; 1Sam 2:30-34
behold Jer 29:10-14, Jer 17:6; 2Kgs 7:2, 2Kgs 7:19-20
rebellion Heb. revolt, Jer 28:16 *marg.