7And seek the peace of the city whither I have caused you to be carried away captives, and pray unto the LORD for it: for in the peace thereof shall ye have peace.
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I exhort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; …
That they may offer sacrifices of sweet savours unto the God of heaven, and pray for the life of the king, and of his sons.
Wherefore, O king, let my counsel be acceptable unto thee, and break off thy sins by righteousness, and thine iniquities by shewing mercy to the poor; if it may be a lengthening of thy tranquillity.
Submit yourselves to every ordinance of man for the Lord's sake: whether it be to the king, as supreme; …
Whatsoever is commanded by the God of heaven, let it be diligently done for the house of the God of heaven: for why should there be wrath against the realm of the king and his sons?
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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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