Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 29:11
An expected end - Rather, a future and a hope. The nation shall not come to an end; the exile shall be followed by a restoration.
An expected end - Rather, a future and a hope. The nation shall not come to an end; the exile shall be followed by a restoration.
Verse Jeremiah 29:11. _THOUGHTS OF PEACE_] Here God gives them to understand, 1. That his love was moved towards them. 2. That he would perform his good word, his promises often repeated, to them....
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...
AN EXPECTED END. Figure of speech _Hendiadys._ Hebrew "an end and an expectation". an end, yea, an end which. have caused you to hope for: i.e.. hoped-for end....
Not till after seventy years shall they return....
_For I know_ an assurance on Jehovah's part that He forgets them not, even though they be far from their proper land. _the thoughts that I think_ i.e. My purposes. _hope in your latter end_ For mg. _...
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...
For 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. I KNOW - I alone, not the false prophets, who know nothing of my p...
29:11 hope. (b-28) Lit. 'a latter end and hope.' ch. 31.17....
1-14. Jeremiah's letter to the exiles. Release after seventy years....
AN EXPECTED END] RV 'hope in your latter end.' 15-23. The exiles reply:—The prophets here tell us that we shall be delivered speedily. Jeremiah answers that their teaching shall soon be disproved by...
FOR I KNOW THE THOUGHTS... — The word used for “_saith_ the Lord” implies that the gracious promise came to the prophet’s soul as an oracle from heaven. In the “thoughts” of God there is, perhaps, a r...
כִּי֩ אָנֹכִ֨י יָדַ֜עְתִּי אֶת ־הַ מַּחֲשָׁבֹ֗ת...
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...
_An end. Septuagint, "these things." This version is much abridged. From ver. 15., to 21., is omitted in St. Jerome's and the Roman edition; but not in the Complutensian or Theodoret. (Calmet) --- Gra...
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...
_GOD’S THOUGHTS OF PEACE_ ‘The thoughts that I think toward you.’ Jeremiah 29:11 I. GOD THINKING OF US IN OUR NEED.—‘I am poor and needy, yet the Lord thinketh upon me.’ ‘_ Yet_’ is an interpolatio...
He confirms the same thing, and employs many words, because it was difficult to raise up minds wholly broken down. For the world labors under two extreme evils, — they sink in despair, or are too much...
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 I KNOW THE THOUGHTS THAT I THINK TOWARDS YOU, SAITH THE LORD,.... The purposes and resolutions of his heart concerning their welfare, particularly the restoration of them to their own land; these...
For 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. Ver. 11. _For I know the thoughts that I think._] God's thoughts run...
_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 I know the thoughts that I think toward you, He would still accomplish His merciful purposes with regard to them, SAITH THE LORD, THOUGHTS OF PEACE AND NOT OF EVIL, TO GIVE YOU AN EXPECTED END, li...
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...
EXPECTED END: _ Heb._ end and expectation...
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...
This deliverance will not depend upon your merits, but upon my own mercy and kind thoughts and purposes. I have for the seed of Abraham my servant, and I am resolved in my own thoughts what to do; I i...
Jeremiah 29:11 know H3045 (H8804) thoughts H4284 think H2803 (H8802) says H5002 (H8803) LORD H3068 thoughts...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 29:11 God’s PLANS for the exiles are for WELFARE (see note on v. 7), not EVIL, or “calamity.” Having sought Babylon’s we
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...
Amos 9:8; Ezekiel 34:11; Ezekiel 37:28; Ezekiel 39:1; Hosea 14:2;...
To give — This deliverance will not depend upon your merits, but upon my own mercy, and kind thoughts and purposes I have for the seed of Abraham my servant, and I am resolved in my own thoughts what...