Jeremiah 27:13
“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?”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence,.... Through a blockade of the…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870Jeremiah 27:13-15
Zedekiah was restless under the Babylonian yoke, and the false prophets found only too ready a hearing from him. He is…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 27:12-22
What was said to all the nations is here with a particular tenderness applied to the nation of the Jews, for whom…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Jeremiah 27:12-15
The warning to Zedekiah. The LXX, apparently through an accident in copying, omit much of these vv. They correspond in…
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