Jeremiah 27
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11. serve . . . till it--The same Hebrew root expresses "serve" and "till," or "cultivate." Serve ye the king of Babylon, and the land will serve you [CALVIN].
12. I spake also--translate, "And I spake," &c. Special application of the subject to Zedekiah.
13. Why . . . die--by running on your own ruin in resisting Nebuchadnezzar after this warning ( Ezekiel 18:31 ).
14. lie--( Jeremiah 14:14 ).
15. in my name--The devil often makes God's name the plea for lies ( Matthew 4:6 , Matthew 7:22 Matthew 7:23 , Jeremiah 27:15-20 , the test whereby to know false prophets).
16. The "vessels" had been carried away to Babylon in the reign of Jeconiah ( 2 Kings 24:13 ); also previously in that of Jehoiakim ( 2 Chronicles 36:5-7 ).
18. at Jerusalem--that is, in other houses containing such vessels, besides the house of God and the king's palace. Nebuzara-dan, captain of the guard under Nebuchadnezzar, carried all away ( 2 Kings 25:13-17 , 2 Chronicles 36:18 ). The more costly vessels had been previously removed in the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jeconiah.
19. ( Jeremiah 52:17 Jeremiah 52:20 Jeremiah 52:21 ).
22. until . . . I visit them--in wrath by Cyrus ( Jeremiah 32:5 ). In seventy years from the first carrying away of captives in Jehoiachin's reign ( Jeremiah 29:10 , 2 Chronicles 36:21 ).
restore them--by the hand of Cyrus ( Ezra 1:7 ). By Artaxerxes ( Ezra 7:19 ).