thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad.
Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Behold, I will send upon them the sword, the famine, and the pestilence, and will make them like vile figs, that cannot be eaten, they are so bad. (h) By which he assures them that there will be no hope of returning before the appointed time. (i) According to the comparison, .
These captives rejected Jeremiah's counsel and clung to false prophets in Babylon who flattered them with lies. They even fathered this deception on God Himself, calling those deceivers His prophets. But mark it: anyone who hardens sinners and deceives them with false hopes of mercy is no prophet of God's raising up.
AI summary
Commenting on Jeremiah 29:15-23
Thus saith the Lord of hosts, behold, I will send upon them the sword,.... The sword of the Chaldeans, by which many of them should fall, as they did. The Targum is, "I will send upon them those that kill with the sword:'' who, though they were prompted to come against the Jews, through a natural and ambitious desire of conquering and plundering, yet were...