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Jeremiah 29:20

Jeremiah 29:20
Hear ye therefore the word of the LORD, all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon:

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Trusted original commentary from respected historical Bible scholars and theologians.

Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord,.... What he was now about to say concerning their false prophets:

all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon; all that were carried…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

Jeremiah 29:16-20

These verses are not in the Septuagint. But the text of the Septuagint is here throughout so brief and confused as to be explicable only on the supposition, that it represents what was left behind in…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 29:15-23

Jeremiah, having given great encouragement to those among the captives whom he knew to be serious and well-affected, assuring them that God had very kind and favourable intentions concerning them,…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Jeremiah 29:20-23

The prophets in Babylonia, of whom the exiles speak in Jer 29:29, shall perish by a cruel death.

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