Jeremiah 27 in the early church
[Vulgate: Jeremias]
14 passages quote, allude to, or echo Jeremiah 27, grouped by verse; passages on the same verse are in date order. Verse text from the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). References use the Protestant English Bible's numbering, with a writer's own numbering in brackets where it differs.
Verses: 1 · 2 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 12 · 15 · 16
Jeremiah 27:1
At the beginning of the reign of Zedekiah son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 27:1 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.45 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
Jeremiah 27:2
This is what the LORD said to me: “Make for yourself a yoke out of leather straps and put it on your neck.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 27:2–5 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.46 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
Jeremiah 27:6
So now I have placed all these lands under the authority of My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon. I have even made the beasts of the field subject to him.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 27:6–7 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.48 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
| Jer 27:6–7 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.50 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
Jeremiah 27:7
All nations will serve him and his son and grandson, until the time of his own land comes; then many nations and great kings will enslave him.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 27:7 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.49 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
Jeremiah 27:8
As for the nation or kingdom that does not serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and does not place its neck under his yoke, I will punish that nation by sword and famine and plague, declares the LORD, until I have destroyed it by his hand.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 27:8 | Homilies on Ezekiel 11.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Jer 27:8 | Exposition of Psalm 118 4.5.2 · Ambrose | allusion, low confidence | ca. 386-397 |
| Jer 27:8 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.51 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
Jeremiah 27:9
But as for you, do not listen to your prophets, your diviners, your interpreters of dreams, your mediums, or your sorcerers who declare, ‘You will not serve the king of Babylon.’
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 27:9–15 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.52 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
Jeremiah 27:12
And to Zedekiah king of Judah I spoke the same message: “Put your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon; serve him and his people, and live!
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 27:12 | Homilies on Ezekiel 11.5 · Origen | allusion, high confidence | ca. 238–250 (Jerome's translation in the 380s) |
| Jer 27:12 | Sermon 51.13 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, medium confidence | ca. 391-430 |
| Jer 27:12 | Sermon 51.14 · Augustine of Hippo | allusion, high confidence | ca. 391-430 |
Jeremiah 27:15
For I have not sent them, declares the LORD, and yet they are prophesying falsely in My name; therefore I will banish you, and you will perish—you and the prophets who prophesy to you.”
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 27:15 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.54 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |
Jeremiah 27:16
Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
| Reference | Passage | Kind | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jer 27:16–22 | Commentary on Jeremiah 5.54 · Jerome | quotation, high confidence | ca. 414-419 |