Then said Jeremiah unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
And Jeremiah said unto them, Thus shall ye say to Zedekiah:
But Jeremiah answered, “You are to tell Zedekiah that
And Jeremiah saith unto them, `Thus do ye say unto Zedekiah,
Jeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
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(Vers. 3 seqq.) And Jeremiah said to them: Thus shall you say to Zedekiah: Thus saith the Lord God of Israel: Behold, I will turn back the weapons of war (or the weapons of warfare) which are in your hands, wherewith you fight against the king of Babylon, and the Chaldeans that besiege you round about the walls: and I will gather them (or it) together in the midst of this city, and I will fight against you with stretched-out hand, and with a strong arm (or an exalted one), and in fury, and in wrath, and in great indignation.
Jerome· Commentary on Jeremiah, 420patristic
Then said Jeremiah unto them,.... The two priests, Pashur and Zephaniah, after he had sought the Lord, and knew his mind and will: thus shall ye say to Zedekiah; by whom they were sent.
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
The verses this one reaches1
And Huldah said to them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Tell the man who sent you
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
