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Jeremiah 29:22
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20 Therefore hear the word of the Lord, all you of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon.
21 Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning Ahab the son of Kolaiah, and Zedekiah the son of Maaseiah, who prophesy a alie to you in My name: Behold, I will deliver them into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and he shall slay them before your eyes.  
22 aAnd because of them a curse shall be taken up by all the captivity of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, “The Lord make you like Zedekiah and Ahab, bwhom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire”;  
23 because athey have done disgraceful things in Israel, have committed adultery with their neighbors’ wives, and have spoken lying words in My name, which I have not commanded them. Indeed I bknow, and am a witness, says the Lord. 
24 You shall also speak to Shemaiah the Nehelamite, saying,
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Jeremiah 29:22

A curse - There is a play here of words. which probably was the cause why the death of these men passed into a proverb. One of them was named ben-Kolaiah; and they are to be made a curse ( qe lâlâh ), because Nebuchadnezzar had roasted ( qâlâh ) them. Compare the marginal reference note.




Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 29:22:

Isaiah 65:15
Ezekiel 23:25
Daniel 3:6

 

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