Jeremiah 29

Jeremiah 29:5

BUild you] by these meanes he signifieth that the captivity would be long, v. 28. and exhorteth them to mitigate the troublesomenesse of it, by all honest means.

Jeremiah 29:8

Which you cause to be dreamed] namely, inducing your false Prophets, by bribes, or flattery to speake as you would have them: and to frame their predictions according to your minds.

Jeremiah 29:10

Accomplished] and not before, as the false Prophets said.

Jeremiah 29:11

End] of evils which are past, and hope for the time to come.

Jeremiah 29:15

Because] because you believe false Prophets that are amongst you, v. 21, 24. which feed you with vaine hopes. Heare ye Gods decree concerning the remainder of the Jewes which is yet in Jerusalem so farre are you, which are out already, from comming home.

Jeremiah 29:22

Rosted] that is to say, burnt with a soft fire.

Jeremiah 29:23

I know] though they commit their wickednesses in secret, and doe dissemble them before men.

Jeremiah 29:24

Speake] that is to say, denounce this prophecie against him here, and then send it to him in writing.

Jeremiah 29:25

Zephaniah] this was the second Priest, next to the high Priest, 2 King. 25. 18. and therefore had great power in Ecclesiasticall businesses, see Ierem. 20. 1.

Jeremiah 29:26

Iehoiada] if by this Jehoiada be meant the high Priest in the time of Ioash, 2 King. 11. 2 Chronicles 23:1-21. the meaning is. seeing it hath pleased God to establish thee in the Priestly Office, doe thou imitate Iehoiada his example; who upon an extraordinary occasion did use Soveraigne power, in re-ordering of the State and Church: and doe thou the like against Jeremiah who seeketh to subvert both. Others thinke that this Iehoiada was Zephaniahs predecessor That is mad] thus did prophane men scoffe the Lords Prophets, because of their extasies, and extaordinary motions, see 2 Kings 9:11.

Jeremiah 29:32

Shall not have] that is to say, I will cause all his generation to perish, before the time of the promised deliverance come.