Of Jehoiakim - Really, of Zedekiah, as the Syriac reads . In the Septuagint the verse is mi ing. Some scribe has confused the title of this …

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim. The mention of Zedekiah's name as king of Judah in Jeremiah 27:3 shows that the Hebrew…

Jeremiah prefaces this prediction by saying that it was delivered to him at the beginning of Jehoiakim’s reign. But this beginning, as we have said…

In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah
king of Judah

This is th…

Jeremiah is to prepare a sign that all the neighbouring countries would be made subject to the king of Babylon. God asserts his right to dispose of…

1. Here, after presenting a clear title, the prophet refutes the false comfort offered by the prophets. He does this first in a general way,…