Jeremiah 27:16 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 27:16

Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.

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ASV

Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith Jehovah: Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of Jehovah’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon; for they prophesy a lie unto you.

KJV

Also I spake to the priests and to all this people, saying, Thus saith the Lord; Hearken not to the words of your prophets that prophesy unto you, saying, Behold, the vessels of the Lord’s house shall now shortly be brought again from Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.

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Commentary

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Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah (420)

(Verse 16, 17.) And I spoke to the priests and to this people, saying: thus says the Lord: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying: Behold, the vessels of the Lord will return from Babylon now quickly: for they are prophesying lies to you. This, which we have now set, in the Septuagint is not present: and that which follows, Do not listen to them, but serve the king of Babylon, so that you may live. Why is this city being laid waste?

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The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

The vessels of the Lord’s house - Which had been carried away by Nebuchadnezzar under the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jeconiah, 2Ch 36:7-10. Shall now shortly be brought again - This is a lie. They shall not be restored till I bring them up, Jer 27:22, which was after the captivity, when they were sent back by Cyrus, the Lord inclining his heart to do it, Ezr 1:7, and Ezr 7:19.

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Original language & word study

32 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
הַכֹּהֲנִים֩	ha.ko.ha.Nim	the priests	H3548 →
וְאֶל־	ve.'el-	and to	H413 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָעָ֨ם	ha.'Am	the people	H5971 →
הַזֶּ֜ה	ha.Zeh	<the> this	H2088 →
דִּבַּ֣רְתִּי	di.Bar.ti	I spoke	H1696 →
לֵאמֹ֗ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
כֹּה֮	koh	thus	H3541 →
אָמַ֣ר	'a.Mar	he says	H559 →
יְהוָה֒	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אַֽל־	'al-	may not	H408 →
תִּשְׁמְע֞וּ	tish.me.'U	you listen	H8085 →
אֶל־	'el-	to	H413 →
דִּבְרֵ֣י	div.Rei	[the] words of	H1697 →
נְבִֽיאֵיכֶ֗ם	ne.vi.'ei.Khem	prophets your	H5030 →
הַֽנִּבְּאִ֤ים	ha.ni.be.'Im	who are prophesying	H5012 →
לָכֶם֙	la.Khem	to <the> you
לֵאמֹ֔ר	le.Mor	<to> saying	H559 →
הִנֵּ֨ה	hi.Neh	there!	H2009 →
כְלֵ֧י	khe.Lei	[the] articles of	H3627 →
בֵית־	veit-	[the] house of	H1004 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
מוּשָׁבִ֥ים	mu.sha.Vim	[are] about to be brought back	H7725 →
מִבָּבֶ֖לָה	mi.ba.Ve.lah	from Babylon <towards>	H894 →
עַתָּ֣ה	'a.Tah	now	H6258 →
מְהֵרָ֑ה	me.he.Rah	quickly	H4120 →
כִּ֣י	ki	for	H3588 →
שֶׁ֔קֶר	She.ker	falsehood	H8267 →
הֵ֖מָּה	He.mah	they	H1992 →
נִבְּאִ֥ים	ni.be.'Im	[are] prophesying	H5012 →
לָכֶֽם׃	la.Khem	to <the> you

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Daniel 1:2
And the Lord delivered into his hand Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with some of the articles from the house of God. He carried these off to the land of Shinar, to the house…
leads to
- 2 Chronicles 36:7
  Nebuchadnezzar also took to Babylon some of the articles from the house of the LORD, and he put them in his temple in Babylon.
- Jeremiah 27:19–20
  For this is what the LORD of Hosts says about the pillars, the sea, the bases, and the rest of the articles that remain in this city,
- Zechariah 5:11
  “To build a house for it in the land of Shinar,” he told me. “And when it is ready, the basket will be set there on its pedestal.”
- Deuteronomy 32:30
  How could one man pursue a thousand, or two put ten thousand to flight, unless their Rock had sold them, unless the LORD had given them up?
Through
2 Kings 24:13
As the LORD had declared, Nebuchadnezzar also carried off all the treasures from the house of the LORD and the royal palace, and he cut into pieces all the gold articles that Solomon king…
leads to
- Isaiah 39:6
  The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- 2 Kings 20:17
  The time will surely come when everything in your palace and all that your fathers have stored up until this day will be carried off to Babylon. Nothing will be left, says the LORD.
- Jeremiah 20:5
  I will give away all the wealth of this city—all its products and valuables, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah—to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them…
Through
Jeremiah 27:14
Do not listen to the words of the prophets who say, ‘You must not serve the king of Babylon,’ for they are prophesying to you a lie.
leads to
- Jeremiah 14:14
  “The prophets are prophesying lies in My name,” replied the LORD. “I did not send them or appoint them or speak to them. They are prophesying to you a false vision, a worthless divination,…

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PlaceBabil Governorate (archaeological site)BabylonAncient Mesopotamian city and imperial capital; site of the Israelite exile and a recurring biblical symbol of worldly power.

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