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Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 25:11

Seventy years - The duration of the Babylonian empire was really a little short of this period. But the 70 years are usually calculated down to the time when the Jews were permitted to return to their country (compare Jeremiah 29:10). read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:8-9

Jeremiah 25:8-9. Therefore, because ye have not heard That is, because ye have not hearkened to, nor obeyed my words, Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, &c. All those kings whose territories lie northward of Judea, and particularly Nebuchadnezzar, who, in this work, shall be my servant; and will bring them against this land, &c. I will lead, as commander in chief, them and their armies up against this people; and I will deprive you of all hopes of safety... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:10

Jeremiah 25:10. Moreover, I will take from them the voice of mirth, &c. See the note on Jeremiah 7:34; Jeremiah 16:9. The sound of the millstones and the light of the candle There shall be no longer any marks of trade carried on, even respecting the common necessaries of life, such as the grinding of corn; and there will be no use of candles, where the inhabitants are dispersed and destroyed; nor will there be occasion for such illuminations as are usual on festival solemnities, in... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 25:11

Jeremiah 25:11. These nations shall serve the king of Babylon That is, Nebuchadnezzar and his successors, collectively considered; seventy years “This period of the nation’s servitude must be computed from the defeat of the Egyptians at Carchemish, in the same year that this prophecy was given, when Nebuchadnezzar reduced the neighbouring nations of Syria and Palestine, as well as Jerusalem, under his subjection. This was near two years before the heathen chronologers in general begin his... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-14

Seventy years captivity (25:1-14)Babylon conquered Egypt in 605 BC (the fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign according to Judean reckoning, the third year of his reign according to Babylonian reckoning; cf. Daniel 1:1-6). Judah therefore came for the first time under the direct control of Babylon. Jeremiah now clearly sees his prophecies being fulfilled before his eyes. He reminds the people that for over twenty years he has been bringing God’s message to them but they have not listened (25:1-3).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 25:8

the LORD of hosts. See note on Jeremiah 6:6 , and 1 Samuel 1:3 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 25:9

My servant. Compare Isaiah 45:1 . and. Note the Figure of speech Polysyndeton. App-6 . astonishment. Reference to Pentateuch (Deuteronomy 28:37 ). Compare Jeremiah 25:18 . perpetual = age-abiding. Put by Figure of speech Synecdoche (of the Whole), for a long time. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 25:10

I will take from them. Quoted in Revelation 18:23 . Compare Jeremiah 7:34 ; Jeremiah 16:9 ; Jeremiah 33:11 . candle = lamp. read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 25:11

and. Some codices, with three early printed editions, Syriac, and Vulgate, read this "and" in the text. seventy years. From 496 to 426. See the special note on 2 Chronicles 36:21 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:8

"Therefore thus saith Jehovah of hosts: Because ye have not heard my words, behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith Jehovah, and I will send unto Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and make them an astonishment, and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, and the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the... read more

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