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...
YE SHALL SEEK ME. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 4:29; Deuteronomy 30:2)....
Not till after seventy years shall they return....
DISCOURSE: 1064 GOD WILL BE FOUND OF SINCERE WORSHIPPERS Jeremiah 29:11. _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....
4. _A word of hope for the captives_ (Jeremiah 29:11-14) TRANSLATION (11) For I know the plans which I am making for you (oracle of the LORD)plans of peace and not calamity, to give to you a future a...
And ye shall seek me, and find me, when ye shall search for me with all your heart. YE SHALL SEEK ME, AND FIND ME, WHEN YE ... SEARCH FOR ME WITH ALL YOUR HEART - (; )....
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
THEN SHALL YE CALL UPON ME... — The words need no comment, but they cannot be passed over without dwelling on the infinite tenderness which they manifest in the prophet’s soul, the reflex of a like te...
וּ בִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם אֹתִ֖י וּ מְצָאתֶ֑ם כִּ֥י תִ
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...
And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all (f) your heart. (f) When your oppression will be great, and your afflictions cause you to repent your disobedience and also wh...
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...
He confirms in other words the same thing; and yet the repetition, as we said yesterday, is not useless; for as the Jews perversely despised all threatenings, so it was difficult for them to receive a...
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...
AND YE SHALL SEEK ME, AND FIND [ME],.... When persons seek the Lord aright, they always find him; a God hearing prayer; a God in Christ; bestowing favours upon them; granting them his presence; indulg...
And ye shall seek me, and find [me], when ye shall search for me with all your heart. Ver. 13. _When ye shall search for me with all your heart._] Not with a piece of your heart only, as do partialis...
_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...
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...
And ye shall seek Me and find Me, when ye shall search for Me with all your heart, if their repentance proved to be sincere, of the right kind. Cf Leviticus 26:40....
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...
That is, sincerely, as PSALMS 119:2....
Jeremiah 29:13 seek H1245 (H8765) find H4672 (H8804) search H1875 (H8799) heart H3824 ye shall -...
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'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...
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...
1 Kings 2:4; 1 Kings 8:47; 2 Chronicles 22:9; 2 Chronicles 31:21;...