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Verse [Jeremiah 27:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/1). ***In the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim*** — It is most evident that his prophecy was delivered about the *fourth* year of ZEDEKIAH, and not *Jehoiakim*, as in the text. See [Jeremiah 28:1](../../../kjv/jeremiah/28/1). *Three* of *Kennicott's* MSS. (*one* in the text, a *second* in the margin, and the *third* upon a rasure) have *Zedekiah*; so likewise have the *Syriac* and the *Arabic*. *Houbigant, Lowth, Blayney, Dahler,* and others declare for this reading against that in the present text. And it is clear from the *third* and *twelfth* verses, where *Zedekiah* is expressly mentioned, that this is the true reading.

Verse [Jeremiah 27:2](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/2). ***Make thee bonds and yokes*** — Probably *yokes* with *straps*, by which they were attached to the neck. This was a symbolical action, to show that the several kings mentioned below should be brought under the dominion of the Chaldeans.

Verse [Jeremiah 27:5](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/5). ***I have made the earth*** — I am the Creator and Governor of all things, and I dispose of the several kingdoms of the world as seemeth best to me.

Verse [Jeremiah 27:6](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/6). ***And now have I given*** — These kingdoms are at my sovereign disposal; and at present, for the punishment of their rulers and people, I shall give them into the hands of Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon.

Verse [Jeremiah 27:7](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/7). *And all nations shall serve him*, (Nebuchadnezzar,) *and* *his son*, (Evil-merodach, [Jeremiah 52:31](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/31),) *and his son's son*, (Belshazzar, [Daniel 5:11](../../../kjv/daniel/5/11).) All which was literally fulfilled.

Verse [Jeremiah 27:9](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/9). ***Therefore hearken not ye to your prophets*** — Who pretend to have a revelation from heaven.
***Nor to your diviners*** — קסמיכם *kosemeychem*, from קסם *kasam,* to *presage* or *prognosticate*. Persons who *guessed* at futurity by certain signs in the animate or inanimate creation.
***Nor to your dreamers*** — חלמתיכם *chalomotheychem*, from חלם *chalam*, to *break in pieces*; hence *chalom, a dream*, because it consists of *broken fragments*. Dream-interpreters, who, from these *broken shreds* patch up a meaning by their own interpolations.
***Nor to your enchanters*** — ענניכם *oneneychem*, from ענן *anan,* *a cloud*-cloud-mongers. Diviners by the flight, colour, density, rarity, and shape of clouds.
***Nor to your sorcerers*** — כשפיכם *cashshapheychem*, from כשף *kashaph*, to *discover*; the discoverers, the finders out of hidden things, stolen goods, c. Persons also who use *incantations*, and either by *spells* or *drugs* pretend to find out mysteries, or produce supernatural effects. Every nation in the world had persons who pretended to find out hidden things, or foretell future events and such were gladly encouraged by the ignorant multitude; and many of them were mere apes of the prophets of God. Man knows that he is *short-sighted*, feels pain at the uncertainty of futurity, and wishes to have his doubts resolved by such persons as the above, to put an end to his uncertainty.

Verse [Jeremiah 27:13](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/13). ***Why will ye die*** — If ye resist the king of Babylon, to whom I have given a commission against you, ye shall be destroyed by the sword and by famine; but if ye submit, ye shall escape all these evils.

Verse [Jeremiah 27:16](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/16). ***The vessels of the Lord's house*** — Which had been carried away by Nebuchadnezzar under the reigns of Jehoiakim and Jeconiah, [2 Chronicles 36:7-10](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/7-10).
***Shall now shortly be brought again*** — This is a lie. They shall not be restored till I bring them up, [Jeremiah 27:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/22), which was after the captivity, when they were sent back by Cyrus, the Lord inclining his heart to do it, [Ezra 1:7](../../../kjv/ezra/1/7); [Ezra 7:19](../../../kjv/ezra/7/19).

Verse [Jeremiah 27:19](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/19). ***Concerning the pillars*** — Two brazen columns placed by Solomon in the pronaos or portico of the temple, *eighteen* cubits high, and *twelve* in circumference, [1 Kings 7:16-22](../../../kjv/1-kings/7/16-22); [Jeremiah 52:11](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/11).
***The sea*** — The brazen sea, *ten* cubits in diameter, and *thirty* in circumference. It contained water for different washings in the Divine worship, and was supported on *twelve* brazen oxen. Perhaps these are what are called the *bases* here. See the parallel places in the margin, and the notes on them ([2 Kings 25:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/13); [Jeremiah 52:17](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/17); [Jeremiah 52:20-21](../../../kjv/jeremiah/52/20-21)).

Verse [Jeremiah 27:22](../../../kjv/jeremiah/27/22). ***They shall be carried to Babylon*** — Far from those already taken being brought back, those which now remain shall be carried thither, unless ye submit to the Chaldeans. They did not submit, and the prophecy was literally fulfilled; see Jer 52:17-23; [2 Kings 25:13](../../../kjv/2-kings/25/13), and the other places in the *margin*. ([2 Chronicles 36:18](../../../kjv/2-chronicles/36/18))

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