Jeremiah 29:1-7
(Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7)
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- Reading the Text:
- NRSV (with link to Anglicized NRSV) at Oremus Bible Browser.
- Hebrew Interlinear Bible, WLCv, WLC5, CHES, AV.
- The Bible Gateway: NRSV, RSV, NIV, NASB, CEV, The Message, KJV, etc.
- The Blue Letter Bible. KJV, alternate versions, Hebrew text with concordance, commentaries.
- The World Wide Study Bible includes commentary, exposition and sermons.
- Historical References, Commentary and Comparative
Texts:
- Rashi's Commentary, c. 1075. chabad.org.
- From the Geneva Notes (c.1599).
- The prophet does not speak this for the affection that he bore to the tyrant, but that they should pray for the common rest and quietness that their troubles might not be increased, and that they might with more patience and less grief wait for the time of their deliverance, which God had appointed most certain: for not only the Israelites but all the world yea and the insensible creatures would rejoice when these tyrants would be destroyed, as in Isa 24:4."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary. (c. 1700)
- The zealous servant of the Lord will use every means to profit those who are far off, as well as those who are near him."
- From Wesley's
Notes. John Wesley (1703-1791).
- Jeremiah's letter to the captives in Babylon, to be quiet there, ver. 1 - 7. Not to believe false prophets; nor expect to return 'till after fifty years."
- From the Commentary on the Whole Bible (Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
- Commentary,
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Garrett Galvin, Preaching
This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- "Jeremiah's words here astonish, and yet they fulfill what he has proclaimed."
- "Pray for the Shalom of the City," John C. Holbert, Opening the Old Testament, 2013.
- "Many exiles live here in Dallas, Texas. Jeremiah asks them to pray for the shalom of their new home, while I am asked to open up my lives to them."
- "Wisdom for a Church in Exile," Steve Godfrey, Church in the World, 2013.
- "The church of the West is a church in exile."
- "Seeking the Peace and Prosperity of the City," The Politics of Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Political Theology Today, 2013.
- "Facing the Wilderness," Naomi Annandale, Upper Room Books, 2013.
- "Count on It," Alan Brehm, The Waking Dreamer, 2013.
- "Presumption makes our loving creator and redeemer into a "God-in-the-box" who gives us everything we want. Faith entrusts oneself to Gods loving care. If we can let go our expectations and accept the grace to thrive in surprising places, we may discover that we can count on God never to forsake us."
- Commentary,
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Wil Gafney, Preaching
This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2010.
- "It was for all intents and purposes the end of the world."
- Comments (commentary) and Clippings (technical notes for in-depth study), Chris Haslam, Anglican Diocese of Montreal.
- Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Commentary, Background, Insights from Literary Structure,
Theological Message, Ways to Present the Text. Anna Grant-Henderson, Uniting
Church in Australia.
- "I am unsure whether one can read into the chapter a 'social resistance', but certainly agree on a non-violent acceptance of the reality."
- Jeremiah 29:1-7,
The Old Testament Readings: Weekly Comments on the Revised Common
Lectionary, Theological Hall of the Uniting Church,
Melbourne, Australia.
- "Real hope for the people, according to Jeremiah, lay not in some immediate relief from social and communal death, but in living through that experience as faithful people, awaiting the Lord?s 'future with hope'."
- "Don't Shoot
the Messenger," Tony Jones, The Hardest Question, 2010.
- "What if you're a prophet, but the message that God gives you to proclaim isn?t revolutionary?"
- Lectionary Commentary, Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, 14th Sunday After Pentecost (Year C), by Dennis Bratcher at Christian Resource Institute.
- "The New Urbanism," study guide for adults, Robert B. Kruschwitz, (other resources at) "Cities and Towns," Christian Reflection, The Center for Christian Ethics at Baylor University, 2006.
- "Strange People, Strange Places: The Geography of Salvation,"
The Journey with Jesus: Notes to Myself, Daniel B. Clendenin, Journey
with Jesus Foundation, 2007.
- "When have you discerned God working in strange places or people?"
- "Biblical Theology and the Culture War," David VanDrunen, Kerux, 1996.
- "On Exile:
Yoder, Said, and a Theology of Land and Return," Alain Epp Weaver,
CrossCurrents, 2003.
- "How should Palestinian exile, and exile more generally, be understood theologically? How should Christians understand the dreams of many exiles, dreams which often appear hopeless, of return to their homes?"
- Commentary,
Jeremiah 29:1, 4-7, Garrett Galvin, Preaching
This Week, WorkingPreacher.org, 2013.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
Annotated list of "starting place" articles at ATLAS for this week's texts (includes direct links).
- Bundang, Rachel A.R., "Home
As Memory, Metaphor, and Promise in Asian/Pacific American Religious
Experience," Semeia, 2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Holladay, William L., "God Writes a Rude
Letter (Jeremiah 29:1-23)," Biblical Archaeologist, 1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Overholt, Thomas W., "Jeremiah 27-29:The
Question of False Prophecy," Journal of the American Academy of
Religion, 1967.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Smith, Daniel L., "Jeremiah As Prophet of
Nonviolent Resistance," Journal for the Study of the Old Testament,
1989.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Smoak, Jeremy D.,
"Building Houses and Planting Vineyards: The Early Inner-Biblical
Discourse on an Ancient Israelite Wartime Curse," Journal of Biblical
Literature, 2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Weaver, Alain Epp, "On Exile: Yoder,
Said, and a Theology of Land and Return," Cross Currents, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wilson, Gerald H., "The Prayer of Daniel
9: Reflection on Jeremiah 29," Journal for the Study of the Old
Testament, 1990.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Yates, Gary E.,
"Narrative Parallelism and the 'Jehoiakim Frame': A Reading Strategy for
Jeremiah 26-45," Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society,
2005.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Bundang, Rachel A.R., "Home
As Memory, Metaphor, and Promise in Asian/Pacific American Religious
Experience," Semeia, 2002.
- Sermons:
- "God Has Plans for You," the Rev. Dr. James C. Howell, Day 1, 2013.
- "Jeremiah's Letter to Exiles in Babylon," Rev. Garth Wehrfritz-Hanson, Medicine Hat, Alberta.
- Reviews:
- With Children:
- Worshiping with Children, Proper 23, Including children in the congregation's worship, using the Revised Common Lectionary, Carolyn C. Brown, 2013. 2010.
- "Storypath Lectionary Links: Connecting Children's Literature with our Faith Story," October 13, 2013, Union Presbyterian Seminary. Connections: Jeremiah 29:1-, 4-7 and This Is Our House by Hyewon Yum. 2010
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymnary.org, hymns, scores, media, information.
- Fine Arts Images Linked at The Text This Week's Art Index:
- Study Links and Resources for the Book of Jeremiah
