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Jeremiah 27:18

in Jeremiah 27

If they are indeed prophets and the word of the LORD is with them, let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts that the articles remaining in the house of the LORD, in the palace of the king of Judah, and in Jerusalem, not be taken to Babylon.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

But if they be prophets, and if the word of Jehovah be with them, let them now make intercession to Jehovah of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Jehovah, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

KJV

But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them, let them now make intercession to the Lord of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the Lord, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

This verse in Jeremiah 27

Commentary

7 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jerome

Commentary on Jeremiah · Written before 420.

(Verse 18) And if there are prophets, and the word of the Lord is in them, let them come forward. And what follows, 'and we shall be subjected to the end of this chapter,' is not found in the Septuagint.

This site's exposition

Then I said to the priests

on Jeremiah 27:16-18

The priests are warned against the promise that “very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.” Jeremiah offers a test: if they are prophets, “let them now plead with the LORD of Hosts” that the articles still in Jerusalem stay.

This site's exposition

If they are indeed prophets

Jeremiah gives the false prophets a test. If they are truly sent, let them pray to keep the articles still in the house of the LORD. Matthew Henry notes that prophets must be praying men, who keep up their contact with heaven.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

Note, Prophets must be praying men; by being much in prayer they must make it to appear that they keep up a correspondence with heaven. We cannot think that those do, as prophets, ever hear thence, who do not frequently by prayer send thither.

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

11 But the nations that bring their neck under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, those will I let remain still in their own land, saith the L ORD ; and they shall till it, and dwell therein. Some difficulty occurs in the date of this prophecy. This word is said to come to Jeremiah in the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim (

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But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

proposed

at Jerusalem--that is, in other houses containing such vessels, besides the house of God and the king's palace. Nebuzara-dan, captain of the guard under Nebuchadnezzar, carried all away (2Ki 25:13-17;

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The words behind it

23 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • וְאִם־and if

    veim-H518 →1069 times

  • נְבִאִ֣ים[are] prophets

    neviimH5030 →314 times

  • הֵ֔םthey

    hemH1992 →553 times

  • וְאִם־and if

    veim-H518 →1069 times

  • יֵ֥שׁthere

    yeshH3426 →140 times

  • דְּבַר־[is] [the] word of

    devar-H1697 →1440 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • אִתָּ֑םwith them

    ʾitamH854 →929 times

  • יִפְגְּעוּ־let them entreat

    yifgeu-H6293 →46 times

  • נָא֙please

    na'H4994 →404 times

  • בַּֽיהוָ֣ה<in> Yahweh

    bayahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • צְבָא֔וֹתof hosts

    tzevaotH6635 →485 times

  • לְבִלְתִּי־to not

    levilti-H1115 →112 times

  • בֹ֜אוּgo

    vouH935 →2568 times

  • הַכֵּלִ֣ים׀the articles

    hakelimH3627 →325 times

  • הַנּוֹתָרִ֣יםwhich remain

    hanotarimH3498 →106 times

  • בְּבֵית־in [the] house of

    beveit-H1004 →2046 times

  • יְהוָ֗הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • וּבֵ֨יתand [the] house of

    uveitH1004 →2046 times

  • מֶ֧לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֛הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • וּבִירוּשָׁלִַ֖םand in Jerusalem

    uvirushalimH3389 →643 times

  • בָּבֶֽלָה׃ פBabylon towards

    bavelahH894 →262 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    1 Samuel 12:23

    As for me, far be it from me that I should sin against the LORD by ceasing to pray for you. And I will continue to teach you the good and right way.

    it leads to

    • Colossians 1:9

      For this reason, since the day we heard about you, we have not stopped praying for you and asking God to fill you with the knowledge of His will in all spiritual wisdom and…

    • Romans 1:9

      God, whom I serve with my spirit in preaching the gospel of His Son, is my witness how constantly I remember you

    • 2 Timothy 1:3

      I thank God, whom I serve with a clear conscience as did my forefathers, as I constantly remember you night and day in my prayers.

    • 1 Thessalonians 3:10

      Night and day we pray most earnestly that we may see you face to face and supply what is lacking from your faith.

    • 1 Kings 8:36

      then may You hear from heaven and forgive the sin of Your servants, Your people Israel, so that You may teach them the good way in which they should walk. May You send rain…

  • Through

    1 Kings 18:24

    Then you may call on the name of your god, and I will call on the name of the LORD. The God who answers by fire, He is God.” And all the people answered,…

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 18:38

      Then the fire of the LORD fell and consumed the sacrifice, the wood, the stones, and the dust, and it licked up the water in the trench.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 18:20

    Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.

    it leads to

    • Psalms 35:7

      For without cause they laid their net for me; without reason they dug a pit for my soul.

    • Psalms 57:6

      They spread a net for my feet; my soul was despondent. They dug a pit before me, but they themselves have fallen into it! Selah

Where this verse is studied

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About Jeremiah

This page draws on Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jerome, Commentary on Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.