Jeremiah 27 Study Notes
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27:9-11 Five different types of false foretellers are listed here: false prophets, diviners (prophesied from the way arrows fell), dreamers, fortune-tellers (or “enchanters” who interpreted various signs), and sorcerers (conjurers). All these were banned from Israel (Dt 18:9-13). Their message (don’t serve the king of Babylon!) was nothing but falsehood.
27:12 King Zedekiah, his advisers, and all the people were to put their necks under the yoke in submission to Babylon.
27:13-15 What is said to the nations in vv. 8-11 is here applied to Judah.
27:16 The articles (not just “vessels,” “utensils,” or “furnishings”) from the temple would not be coming back to Judah soon. Nothing was returned until the beginning of the reign of Cyrus of Persia in 536 BC.
27:17 The message of Serve the king of Babylon and live continued after 586 BC (see 40:9; 2Kg 25:24).
27:18 The primary task of a genuine prophet was to intercede with the Lord.
27:19 The pillars, made of bronze and placed in front of the temple, were called Jachin and Boaz (1Kg 7:15-22). These would be broken up because they were too big to be taken away intact. The basin was a massive cast bowl sitting on the backs of twelve cast oxen. It was used as a wash basin by the priests (1Kg 7:23-26). The water carts were stands on wheels that supported the lavers (1Kg 7:27-37). The same three items are singled out in Jr 52:17.