Jeremiah 27

2. Conflict with the false prophets in Jerusalem chs. 27-28

Chapters 27 and 28 record the controversies Jeremiah had with false prophets in Jerusalem before the Babylonian captivity. The events recorded may have happened sometime after a failed coup attempt against Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon in December of 595 and January of 594 B.C. [Note: Dyer, in The Old . . ., p. 615.]

Jeremiah’s warning against making a coalition to resist Nebuchadnezzar ch. 27

This chapter contains three parts: Jeremiah’s warning to the foreign messengers (Jeremiah 27:1-11), his appeal to King Zedekiah (Jeremiah 27:12-15), and his appeal to the priests and people of Jerusalem (Jeremiah 27:16-22).