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But if they be prophets, and if the word of Yahweh be with them, let them now make intercession to Yahweh of Hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of Yahweh, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, don`t go to Babylon.
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A Prophet's True Test
Jeremiah issues a sharp challenge to his rivals. Instead of making empty promises about the return of treasures already lost to Babylon, he tells them to prove their divine connection by interceding for what remains. Commentators explain this was a test to expose their fraud; a true prophet's power lies not in wishful thinking but in genuine intercession with God.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
But if they be prophets ... —The rivals of Jeremiah had, as has been said, staked their credit upon the return of the vessels that had alr…
16th Century
Protestant
Here the Prophet ridicules the foolish confidence with which the false prophets were puffed up, when they promised all happiness in the future. The…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But if they be prophets, and if the word of the Lord be with them The true prophets of the Lord are sent by him, and have…
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Presbyterian
Jeremiah persuades the king of Judah to surrender to the king of Babylon. Is it their wisdom to submit to the heavy iron yoke of a cruel tyrant, to…
13th Century
Catholic
27:20 which Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, did not take when he carried away Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem…