Jeremiah 27:15
“For I have not sent them, saith the LORD, yet they prophesy a lie in my name; that I might drive you out, and that ye might perish, ye, and the prophets that prophesy unto you.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
For I have not sent them, saith the Lord,.... See Jer 23:21; yet they prophesy a lie in my name; to deliver out a lie…
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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