Jeremiah 29:1, Jeremiah sends a letter to the captives in Babylon to be quiet there, Jeremiah 29:8, and not to believe the dreams of their prophets; Jeremiah 29:10, and that they shall return with grace after seventy years; Jeremiah 29:15, He foretells the destruction of the rest for their disobedience; Jeremiah 29:20, He shews the fearful end of Ahab and Zedekiah, two lying prophets; Jeremiah 29:24, Shemaiah writes a letter against Jeremiah; Jeremiah 29:30, Jeremiah foretells his doom.
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Jeremiah 29 — OverviewJeremiah 29 · Matthew Henry's Commentary on the Whole BibleThe contest between Jeremiah and the false prophets was carried on
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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…Jeremiah 29:1Jeremiah 29:1 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeCir, am 3407, bc 597
Now: This transaction is supposed to have taken place in the first or second year of Zedekiah.
of the letter: Jeremiah 29:25-29; 2 Chronicles 30:1-6; Esther 9:20; Acts 15:23; 2 Corinthians 7:8;…Jeremiah 29:2Jeremiah 29:2 · Treasury of Scripture KnowledgeJeconiah: Jeremiah 22:24-28, Coniah, Jeremiah 27:20, Jeremiah 28:4; 2 Kings 24:12-16; 2 Chronicles 36:9-10, Jehoiachin
eunuchs: or, chamberlains, 2 Kings 9:32 *marg. 2 Kings 20:18; Daniel 1:3-21Jeremiah 29:2Jeremiah 29:2 · John Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleAfter 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…