OLD TESTAMENT

Jeremiah 27:1

The Holy Bible · English
All chapters

Read all chapter notes ↗

Bilingual reading
Text

Open an explanation beneath verses with notes. Your notes and highlights stay on this device.

1

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

ExplanationCommentary
EXPLANATION

Verse 1. Joakim. This revelation was made to the prophet in the beginning of the reign of Joakim: but the bands were not sent, to the princes here named, before the reign of Sedecias. verse 3. Challoner.—He wore them six or seven years. Vat. Tirinus.—But this is uncertain. Septuagint omit this title. Syr. Arab. and so forth read “Sedecias.” Calmet.—As far as Juda may belong to the last chapter. S. Jerom includes the whole verse. Bible.—It seems to be rather a fresh prophecy, or the title may be spurious, like many in the Psalms. See Calmet. 26:1 and 28:1. Isaiah 21:13.

Read all chapter notes
Read the whole chapter