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Verse Jeremiah 29:10. _FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD_] It has been supposed
that a very serious _transposition_ of verses has taken place here;
and it has been proposed to read after Jeremiah 29:9 the _six...
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AFTER SEVENTY YEARS - literally, according to the measure of the
fulfillment of 70 years for Babylon. The 70 years (Jeremiah 25:11
note) are primarily the length of the Babylonian empire, and only in...
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JEREMIAH 29. THE FUTURE OF THE EXILES IN BABYLON (_c_. 595). Jeremiah
sends a letter by royal messengers to tell the exiles in Babylon to
settle down there for a lengthy stay, and not to be deceived b...
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SEVENTY YEARS. See special note on 2 Chronicles 36:21....
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_After seventy years_ See on Jeremiah 25:11.
_for Babylon_ The announcement has respect to the duration of the
empire of Nebuchadnezzar and his successors, and only secondarily to
the consequent limi...
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Not till after seventy years shall they return....
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3. _A warning to the captives_ (Jeremiah 29:8-10)
TRANSLATION
(8) For thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel: Let not the
prophets that are in your midst, and your diviners as well, deceive
y...
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AT BABYLON] RV 'for Babylon,' referring to the duration of its power:
cp. Jeremiah 25:11....
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1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
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כִּֽי ־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֠י לְ
פִ֞י
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CHAPTER X
CORRESPONDENCE WITH THE EXILES
Jeremiah 29:1
"Jehovah make thee like Zedekiah and Ahab, whom the king of Babylon
roasted in the fire."- Jeremiah 29:22
NOTHING further is said about the pr...
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As a result of this false prophesying, Jeremiah sent a letter to the
exiles. It is evident that they also were disturbed. The letter
instructed them, first, concerning their present position, advising...
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_Seventy. Dating from the 4th of Joakim to the 1st of Cyrus, the year
of the world 3468. (Calmet) See chap.. xxv. 1, 11. (Haydock)_...
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I pray the Reader to pause over these gracious expressions of the
Lord. They are suited to the Lord's exercised family, in all ages, at
all times, and under all the sorrows of their estate. Mark how m...
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In order to expose the dreams by which the false prophets had
inebriated the people, he again repeats what he had said, that the end
of their exile could not be expected until the end of seventy years...
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On the other hand the prophet comforts those who, by the judgment of
God, were subjected to the yoke which He had imposed upon them. The
Jews in Babylon should dwell in peace, quietly seeking the welf...
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FOR THUS SAITH THE LORD, THAT AFTER SEVENTY YEARS BE ACCOMPLISHED AT
BABYLON,.... These seventy years are not to be reckoned from the last
captivity under Zedekiah; nor from the precise present time;...
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For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at
Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in
causing you to return to this place.
Ver. 10. _For thus saith th...
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_After seventy years be accomplished at Babylon_ Hebrews, לפי
מלאת שׁבעים שׁנה, literally, _At the mouth of the
accomplishment of seventy years._ “And as the _mouth_ of a river,
metaphorically, denote...
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For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at
Babylon, counting from the time the first exiles were taken to Babylon
with their King Jeconiah, I WILL VISIT YOU, turn to them in...
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JEREMIAH'S LETTER TO THE EXILES AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
The Contents of the Letter.
Just as certain false prophets in Jerusalem had tried to arouse and
maintain false hopes in the inhabitants of the ca...
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8-19 Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose
after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and
dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in...
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From this text appears that the seventy years captivity was to be
accounted from the first carrying into captivity in the time of
Jehoiachin, so that eleven years of it were elapsed before Zedekiah
wa...
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Jeremiah 29:10 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 After H6310 seventy H7657
years H8141 completed H4390 (H8800) Babylo
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YHWH PROMISES THAT ONCE SEVENTY YEARS HAVE PASSED HIS PEOPLE WILL HAVE
THE OPPORTUNITY TO RETURN TO THEIR OWN LAND (JEREMIAH 29:10).
Jeremiah 29:10
“For thus says YHWH, After seventy years are accomp...
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JEREMIAH'S LETTER TO THE EXILES (JEREMIAH 29:1).
Correspondence by letter was a constant feature of those days, and
indicates that the world was not static (compare the prophetic letters
from Shemaiah...
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Jeremiah 29:10
I. We may describe every real affliction which comes upon the
Christian as a captivity. To be in a condition which we should never
voluntarily have preferred, or to be held back by the...
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CONTENTS: Message to the Jews of the first captivity. Action against
false prophets. Destruction foretold.
CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Elasah, Gemariah,
Ahab, Zedekiah, Shemaiah,...
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Jeremiah 29:10. _After seventy years._ See Jeremiah 26:1. Zechariah
fixes the captivity at the same number of years, and he flourished
sometime after Jeremiah's death. No doubt the captivity was exact...
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_I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts
of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end._
THE THOUGHTS OF GOD TO HIS PEOPLE, PEACE AND NOT EVIL
These words were...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—This
letter and its transmission are usually dated the fourth year of
Zedekiah’s reign (because of chap. Jeremiah 28:1), but Jeremiah 29:2...
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EXPOSITION
Despised and rejected at home, Jeremiah turned his thoughts to those
distant brethren in captivity, whom he had already likened to "good
figs, very good" (Jeremiah 24:3, Jeremiah 24:5). He...
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Now Jeremiah sent this letter, chapter 29, to those Jews that were in
Babylon. And, of course, this letter was sent to them and one of the
chief of the princes that was in Babylon was Daniel. So Danie...
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2 Chronicles 36:21; Daniel 9:2; Ezra 1:1; Ezra 1:2; Jeremiah 24:6;...
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After — From this text it appears that the seventy years captivity,
were to be accounted from the first carrying into captivity in the
time of Jehoiakim, so that eleven years of it were elapsed, befor...