Jeremiah 26–52 (Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 27 | WBC)
Overview
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Top Highlights
“AR 8 [1984] 4; Smith, Religion, 135). Thus, the Lord’s word through Jeremiah to the Judean exiles was the same as the divine message to Zedekiah and the others remaining in Jerusalem after 597, ‘Serve the king of Babylon and you will live’ (27:17; also 27:11; 28:14). Jeremiah’s audience is invited to abandon hope in a ‘holy revolt’ against Babylon, which had been inspired by the false prophets’ promises that God would bring the exiles back in a short time, and to place their hope instead in the Lord and a new way of life. Smith describes the strategy in 29:5–7 as ‘nonviolent social resistance’” (Page 72)
“The Book of Consolation concludes with a series of five short salvation oracles. The five oracles form a chiasm centered on 31:31–34, the promise of the new covenant. The first (vv 23–26) and fifth (vv 38–40) oracles are about Jerusalem. The second (vv 27–30) and fourth (vv 35–37) form a contrasting pair. The responsibility of each person for sin contrasts with God’s enduring commitment to the survival of Israel as a nation. The logical tension between these two affirmations will be resolved by the initiation of the new covenant, which includes forgiveness of sin (v 34) and transformation of the human party to the relationship (v 32).” (Pages 126–127)
“In Jeremiah, the ability to recount how the Lord saved Israel (2:6–8) and obedience to divine commands (22:15–17) are aspects of knowing the Lord (Brueggemann, 71), so both of these things will be included in the instruction to be written on the heart. A new historical prologue for the covenant document is suggested by 16:14–15, substituting restoration from exile for exodus from Egypt. There is no indication, however, that the content of the law, God’s will revealed in commandment, statute, and ordinance, will be altered in the new covenant.” (Page 134)
- Title: Word Biblical Commentary, Volume 27: Jeremiah 26–52
- Authors: Gerald L. Keown, Pamela J. Scalise, T. G. Smothers
- Series: Word Biblical Commentary
- Volume: 27
- Publisher: Word
- Print Publication Date: 1995
- Logos Release Date: 2002
- Pages: 402
- Era: era:contemporary
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
- Subjects: Bible › Commentaries--Collected works; Bible. O.T. Jeremiah › Commentaries
- ISBNs: 9781418503758, 1418503754
- Resource ID: LLS:29.29.3
- Resource Type: Bible Commentary
- Metadata Last Updated: 2022-09-28T20:02:11Z
Gerald L. Keown is professor of Old Testament interpretation and associate dean of the school of divinity at Gardner-Webb University.
Pamela J. Scalise Pam Scalise is professor of Old Testament at Fuller Theological Seminary Seattle, Washington. She coauthored The Minor Prophets, vol. 2 with John Goldingay.
Thomas G. Smothers (1934–2012) was professor of Old Testament at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky.
