4Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, unto all that are carried away captives, whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon;
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Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel; Like these good figs, so will I acknowledge them that are carried away captive of Judah, whom I have sent out of this place into the land of the Chaldeans for their good.
Shall a trumpet be blown in the city, and the people not be afraid? shall there be evil in a city, and the LORD hath not done it?
I form the light, and create darkness: I make peace, and create evil: I the LORD do all these things.
O Assyrian, the rod of mine anger, and the staff in their hand is mine indignation. …
Behold, the LORD'S hand is not shortened, that it cannot save; neither his ear heavy, that it cannot hear: …
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Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 1-7)We are here told, I. That Jeremiah wrote to the captives in Babylon, in the name of the Lord. Jeconiah had surrendered himself a prisoner, with the queen his mother, the chamberlains of his household, called here the eunuchs , and many of the princes of Judah and Jerusalem , who were at that time the most active men; the carpenters and smiths likewise, being demanded, were yielded up, that those w…
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