The Pulpit Commentary on Jeremiah 27:18

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But if they be prophets, etc. The "false prophets," so Jeremiah declares, have neglected one of the principal functions of a prophet, viz. intercessory prayer (comp. on Jeremiah 7:16). Seeing that a part of the sacred vessels had been carried to Babylon, ell true prophets ought to intercede with Jehovah that those still left might be spared.

The end was that the remaining vessels were carried off on the capture of Jerusalem (2 Kings 25:13).

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