10For they prophesy a lie unto you, to remove you far from your land; and that I should drive you out, and ye should perish.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
For this city hath been to me as a provocation of mine anger and of my fury from the day that they built it even unto this day; that I should remove it from before my face,
Therefore thus saith the LORD; Behold, I will cast thee from off the face of the earth: this year thou shalt die, because thou hast taught rebellion against the LORD.
Therefore hearken not unto the words of the prophets that speak unto you, saying, Ye shall not serve the king of Babylon: for they prophesy a lie unto you.
I have heard what the prophets said, that prophesy lies in my name, saying, I have dreamed, I have dreamed.
And if the prophet be deceived when he hath spoken a thing, I the LORD have deceived that prophet, and I will stretch out my hand upon him, and will destroy him from the midst of my people Israel. …
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-11)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 (Jer. 27:1), and yet the messengers, to whom he is to deliver the badges of servitude, are said (Jer. 27:3) to come to Zedekiah king of Judah , who reigned not till eleven years after the beginning of Jehoiakim’s reign. Some make it an error of the copy, and think t…
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