Jeremiah 25:11 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 25:8-14

Here is the sentence grounded upon the foregoing charge: ?Because you have not heard my words, I must take another course with you,? Jer. 25:8. Note, When men will not regard the judgments of God's mouth they may expect to feel the judgments of his hands, to hear the rod, since they would not hear the word; for the sinner must either be parted from his sin or perish in it. Wrath comes without remedy against those only that sin without repentance. It is not so much men's turning aside that... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:11

And this whole land shall be a desolation ,.... Not only the city of Jerusalem, but all Judea, without inhabitants, or very few, and shall be uncultivated, and become barren and unfruitful: and an astonishment ; to all other nations, and to all persons that pass through, beholding the desolations of it: and other nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years ; both the Jews, and other nations of Egypt, reckoning from the date of this prophecy, the fourth year of Jehoiakim's... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:11

Shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years - As this prophecy was delivered in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and in the first of Nebuchadnezzar, and began to be accomplished in the same year, (for then Nebuchadnezzar invaded Judea, and took Jerusalem), seventy years from this time will reach down to the first year of Cyrus, when he made his proclamation for the restoration of the Jews, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem. See the note on Isaiah 13:19 ; (note), where the subject is farther... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:11

Verse 11 Here the Prophet mentions the restriction of which I have spoken, and thus he mitigates the severity of their punishment. It is, then, a kind of correction; not that he changes anything, but only by this sort of correction he explains what he before meant by perpetual desolations. He says, The whole land shall be a waste and an astonishment, or as some render it, “a desolation.” The word שמם, indeed, means to lay desolate, and also to astonish; but as he had lately used the word in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-38

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:7-11

Judgment plainly declared. The agents of the visitation are more precisely defined than hitherto, and the leader of the invasion is actually named. The extent also of the region to be devastated, and the time the captivity is to last, viz. seventy years, are set forth. I. THIS TENDED TO HEIGHTEN THE MORAL CONSCIOUSNESS OF THE PEOPLE . A vague indefinite calamity or series of calamities would have failed to strike deeply enough into the conscience of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:11

Shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years . Widely different opinions are held as to the meaning of this prophecy. The most probable view is that "seventy" is an indefinite or round number (as in Isaiah 23:17 ), equivalent to "a very long time." This is supported by the analogy of Jeremiah 27:7 , where the captivity is announced as lasting through the reigns of Nebuchadnezzar, his son, and his grandson—a statement evidently vague and indefinite (see ad loc .), and in any case not... read more

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 25:11

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

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 25:8-14

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:11

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:11

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 25:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-38

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:7-11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 25:11

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

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 25:1-14

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