Jeremiah 28
DOYLYVer. 1. — to the prophets.] Ezekiel and Daniel were then in captivity; Daniel in Babylon, and Ezekiel in Mesopotamia, on the river Chebar. Ezekiel did not
the princes of Judah and Jerusalem, and the carpenters, and the smiths, were departed from Jerusalem;)
Jeremiah 28:2
- — and the queen.] By “the queen” is meant Jeconiah’s mother: see 2 Kings xxiv. 12, 14, 15; where an account is given of this captivity: and compare chap. xxii. 26; xxvii. 10; xxviii. 4, of this prophecy. W. Lowth.
— the eunuchs.] The officers belonging to the court. W. Lowth.
- — (whom Zedekiah—sent unto Babylon to Nebuchadnezzar.) To renew his promises of fidelity to him: see the note on chap. xxvii. 12. W. Lowth.
Jeremiah 28:5
- Build ye houses, and dwell in them:] Establish yourselves in Babylon, as in a place where ye shall abide a long time. Look upon it as your country. The Lord, meaning to point out to the Jews, that in a short time they should be carried away from their own land, told Jeremiah not to marry, nor to form any settlement in the land, chap. xvi. 2. Jonadab, the son of Rechah, commanded his posterity not to build houses, nor to cultivate fields, but to dwell all their life in tents, in order to denote a more complete estrangement from the things of the earth. On the contrary, to prove to the Jews of the captivity, that their banishment should be of long duration, they are told to build houses, to acquire possessions, to form marriages, in a word, to establish themselves at Babylon. Calmet.
Jeremiah 28:7
- — seek the peace of the city &c.] This shews us, that God would have us live in submission to the kings, under whose government we are placed, and pray for the prosperity of their dominions. Osterwald.
Before CHRIST about 599.