Jeremias 27:1

A Profecia Favorável a Nabucodonosor

1 No início do reinado de Zedequias,^[a] filho de Josias, rei de Judá, veio esta palavra a Jeremias da parte do SENHOR:

Jeremias 27:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 27:1

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah
This is the same date with the prophecy of the preceding chapter and some think that this verse should conclude that, as belonging to it; and by which they would reconcile a difficulty that arises here; the orders for making the yokes being given in the beginning of Jehoiakim's reign, which yet were to be sent to the messengers of the neighbouring kings that were come to Zedekiah at Jerusalem, who did not begin to reign until eleven years after this time; but the word "saying", at the end of the verse, shows it not to belong to the preceding, but to what follows: others think it is a mistake of the copy, and that Jehoiakim is put for Zedekiah; and the Syriac and Arabic versions read Zedekiah; but he was not the son of Josiah, as this king is said to be, but his brother: others therefore think, that though the prophecy was delivered to Jeremiah, and the orders were given him to make the bonds and yokes after mentioned, at this time; yet this prophecy was concealed with him, and the orders were not executed till Zedekiah's time; or that the prophet, in the beginning of Jehoiakim's reign, made the yokes as he was ordered, and put one on his neck, to signify the subjection of Judah to the king of Babylon, which quickly took place, about the third or fourth year of this reign; and that the rest were sent to the ambassadors of the neighbouring nations in Zedekiah's time; which latter seems most probable: came this word unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying;
as follows. This verse is not in the common editions of the Septuagint; but it is in the king of Spain's Bible.

Jeremias 27:1 In-Context

1 No início do reinado de Zedequias, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, veio esta palavra a Jeremias da parte do SENHOR:

2 Assim me ordenou o SENHOR: “Faça para você um jugo com cordas e madeira e ponha-o sobre o pescoço.

3 Depois mande uma mensagem aos reis de Edom, de Moabe, de Amom, de Tiro e de Sidom, por meio dos embaixadores que vieram a Jerusalém para ver Zedequias, rei de Judá.

4 Esta é a mensagem que deverão transmitir aos seus senhores: Assim diz o SENHOR dos Exércitos, o Deus de Israel:

5 Eu fiz a terra, os seres humanos e os animais que nela estão, com o meu grande poder e com meu braço estendido, e eu a dou a quem eu quiser.

Footnotes

• [a]. Conforme alguns manuscritos do Texto Massorético e a Versão Siríaca. A maioria dos manuscritos do Texto Massorético diz "Jeoaquim. " Veja Jr 27.3-12 e 28.1.