Jeremiah 27:17
אַל ־ תִּשְׁמְעוּ אֲלֵיהֶם עִבְדוּ אֶת ־ מֶֽלֶךְ ־ בָּבֶל וִֽחְיוּ לָמָּה תִֽהְיֶה הָעִיר הַזֹּאת חָרְבָּֽה ׃
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Jeremiah 7:34וְהִשְׁבַּתִּי ׀ מֵעָרֵי יְהוּדָה וּמֵֽחֻצוֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם קוֹל שָׂשׂוֹן וְקוֹל שִׂמְחָה קוֹל חָתָן וְקוֹל כַּלָּה כִּי לְחָרְבָּה תִּהְיֶה הָאָֽרֶץ ׃
Jeremiah 38:17וַיֹּאמֶר יִרְמְיָהוּ אֶל ־ צִדְקִיָּהוּ כֹּֽה ־ אָמַר יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵי צְבָאוֹת אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אִם ־ יָצֹא תֵצֵא אֶל ־ שָׂרֵי מֶֽלֶךְ ־ בָּבֶל וְחָיְתָה נַפְשֶׁךָ וְהָעִיר הַזֹּאת לֹא תִשָּׂרֵף בָּאֵשׁ וְחָיִתָה אַתָּה וּבֵיתֶֽךָ ׃
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 27:13-22
Jeremiah's Counsel to Zedekiah; Submission to Nebuchadnezzar Urged. ( b. c. 597.) 12 I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live. 13 Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the Lord hath spoken against the nation that will not serve the king of Babylon? 14 Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying,… Read the whole commentary →