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 limitation of the captivity.
my good word My gracious promise. See Jeremiah 24:4-7.
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...
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...
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...
SEVENTY YEARS. See special note on 2 Chronicles 36:21....
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...
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. AFTER SEVENTY YEARS BE AC...
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
AT BABYLON] RV 'for Babylon,' referring to the duration of its power: cp. Jeremiah 25:11....
כִּֽי ־כֹה֙ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה כִּ֠י לְ פִ֞י
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...
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...
_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)_...
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...
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...
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...
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;...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
Jeremiah 29:10 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 After H6310 seventy H7657 years H8141 completed H4390 (H8800) Babylo
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...
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...
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...
CONTENTS: Message to the Jews of the first captivity. Action against false prophets. Destruction foretold. CHARACTERS: Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Jeconiah, Elasah, Gemariah, Ahab, Zedekiah, Shemaiah,...
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...
_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...
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...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 36:21; Daniel 9:2; Ezra 1:1; Ezra 1:2; Jeremiah 24:6;...
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...