Jeremiah 29:10-20 NIV

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:18

And I will persecute them with the sword, with the famine , and with the pestilence ,.... Or, "follow after F1 ורדפתי אחריהם "et persequar post eos", Calvin, Piscator. them"; such as should make their escape out of the city, and go into Egypt, or other countries, for shelter and safety, should be pursued by the vengeance of God, and should fall by sword, famine, or pestilence, in other places: and will deliver them ; such as should not perish by the above mentioned... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:19

Because they have not hearkened to my words, saith the Lord ,.... Which were spoken to them by the prophets; not hearkening to them, but despising them, were the same as not hearkening to him, and despising him; contempt of God, and his word, was the cause of their ruin; see 2 Chronicles 36:15 ; which I sent unto them by my servants the prophets ; such as Hosea, Isaiah, Micah, Jeremiah, and others: rising up early, and sending them ; which denotes the frequency of their mission;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:20

Hear ye therefore the word of the Lord ,.... What he was now about to say concerning their false prophets: all ye of the captivity, whom I have sent from Jerusalem to Babylon ; all that were carried captive along with Jeconiah. Some parts of this letter are directed to one sort of the captives, and others to another sort of them; some being good men, some bad; but what follows all are called upon to observe, good and bad; it being a prediction of a certain event, which they would see... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 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 sixteenth to the nineteenth inclusive; then the tenth, and on to the fourteenth inclusive; then the twentieth, the fifteenth, the twenty-first, and the rest regularly to the end. That after seventy years be accomplished - מלאת לפי lephi meloth , "at the mouth of the accomplishment," or "fill to the mouth."... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:11

Thoughts of peace - Here God gives them to understand, That his love was moved towards them. That he would perform his good word, his promises often repeated, to them. That for the fulfillment of these they must pray, seek, and search. That he would hearken, and they should find him; provided, 5. They sought him with their whole heart, Jeremiah 29:10-13 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:14

I will gather you from all the nations - A quotation from Deuteronomy 30:3 , and see also Deuteronomy 4:7 . read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:15

Because ye have said - The Septuagint very properly insert this verse between the twentieth and the twenty-first, and thus the connection here is not disturbed, and the connection below completed. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:17

Behold, I will send upon them the sword - Do not envy the state of Zedekiah who sits on the throne of David, nor that of the people who are now in the land whence ye have been carried captive, ( Jeremiah 29:16 ;), for "I will send the sword, the pestilence, and the famine upon them;" and afterwards shall cause them to be carried into a miserable captivity in all nations, ( Jeremiah 29:18 ;); but ye see the worst of your own case, and you have God's promise of enlargement when the proper... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:20

Hear ye therefore the word - Dr. Blayney thinks there were two letters written by the prophet to the captives in Babylon, and that the first ends with this verse. That having heard, on the return of the embassy (Elasah and Gemariah, whom Zedekiah had sent to Babylon, and to whom the prophet entrusted the above letter, Jeremiah 29:3 ;), that the captives had not received his advises favourably, because they were deceived by false prophets among them, who promised them a speedier... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:10

Verse 10 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. And this way of teaching ought to be particularly observed, for the truth of God will ever avail to dissipate all the mists in which Satan never ceases to envelop the pure truth. As then we have before seen, that when the people are imbued with any error, it ought to be boldly resisted;... read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:18

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:19

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:10

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:14

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:20

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 29:10

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