Jeremiah 29:16
For, thus, saith Yahweh Against the king who is sitting on the throne of David, and Against all the people who are remaining in this city,—your brethren who have not gone forth with you into captivity:
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
15Because ye have said,—Yahweh hath raised us up prophets in Babylon.
Cross References
2 Chronicles 36:11Twenty-one years old, was Zedekiah when he began to reign,—and, eleven years, reigned he in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 24:8And like the bad figs, which cannot be eaten for badness, Surely thus, saith Yahweh—so, will I deliver up Zedekiah king of Judah, and his princes and the remnant of Jerusalem that remain in this land, and them who are dwelling in the land of Egypt;
Jeremiah 38:2Thus saith Yahweh, He that remaineth in this city shall die, by sword by famine, or by pestilence,—whereas, he that goeth forth unto the Chaldeans, shall live, so shall he have his life for a spoil, and shall live.
Ezekiel 6:1Then came the word of Yahweh. unto me saying,
Ezekiel 21:9Son of man, Prophesy and thou shalt say, Thus saith My Lord,— Say, A sword! a sword! Sharpened moreover also furbished:
Ezekiel 24:1And the word of Yahweh came unto me. in the ninth year in the tenth month, on the tenth of the month, saying:
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 29:16-24
The Doom of the False Prophets. ( b. c. 596.) 15 Because ye have said, The Lord hath raised us up prophets in Babylon; 16 Know that thus saith the Lord of the king that sitteth upon the throne of David, and of all the people that dwelleth in this city, and of your brethren that are not gone forth with you into captivity; 17 Thus saith the Lord of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so evil. 18 And I will… Read the whole commentary →