Ezra and Nehemiah were originally one book in the Hebrew text, because they tell the three-part story of Israel’s return from captivity in Persia. When the Hebrew text was translated into Greek (the Septuagint), this was retained as one book, called Esdras B (or 2 Esdras). It was not until Origen and, finally, Jerome in […]
Chapter thirty-one continues the promise of Israel’s future judgment and guaranteed restoration, the Tribulation and Messianic Kingdom. It is best to read chapters 30 and 31 together as one cohesive passage detailing the promises regarding Israel’s future restoration in the Messianic Kingdom. The majority of this chapter does not automatically seem to refer to the
Chapter twenty-eight provides an exceptional example of the false teaching that Jeremiah had to deal with. Shortly after the events of chapter 27, while Jeremiah still wore the wooden yoke on his neck (Jeremiah 27:2), a prophet named Hananiah confronted Jeremiah about his message. Hananiah declared that God promised the exiles would return within two
