Jeremiah 29:10

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 29:8-14

To make the people quiet and easy in their captivity, I. God takes them off from building upon the false foundation which their pretended prophets laid, Jer. 29:8, 9. They told them that their captivity should be short, and therefore that they must not think of taking root in Babylon, but be upon the wing to go back: ?Now herein they deceive you,? says God; ?they prophesy a lie to you, though they prophesy in my name. But let them not deceive you, suffer not yourselves to be deluded by them.?... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:10

For thus saith the Lord, that after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon ,.... These seventy years are not to be reckoned from the last captivity under Zedekiah; nor from the precise present time; nor from the first of Jeconiah's captivity; but the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and the first of Nebuchadnezzar, when he first came up against Jerusalem; see Jeremiah 25:1 ; I will visit you ; in a way of mercy, by stirring up Cyrus king of Persia to grant them their liberty: and perform... 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

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

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-14

Duties and consolations of God's captivity. I. THEIR DUTIES The imposition of definite lines of conduct and policy upon the exiled, was one proof that they were not cast off; the promise of deliverance was another. Although amongst the heathen, they were not to be as the heathen; neither were they to be wholly given over to despair. As children of God they were to exhibit the virtues of: 1. Industry . ( Jeremiah 29:5 .) Misanthropy and despair are the parents of idleness;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:10

Seventy years (see on Jeremiah 25:11 ). At Babylon ; rather, for Babylon. A long period, such as seventy years, is appointed for Babylon "to enjoy" the fruits of her ambition; when this is over (comp. Genesis 15:13-16 ), God will pay heed to his people. Visit you . To "visit" frequently has the sense of "taking notice of," or "paying heed to" (e.g. Jeremiah 23:2 ). My good word . "Word," equivalent to "pro-raise;" the allusion is to Jeremiah 24:6 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:10

Seventy years. I. SEVENTY YEARS ARE A LIMITED TIME . Babylon was to tyrannize for a limited period only; the Jews were to suffer for a limited period. 1. God has set a limit to the triumph of evil. The storm rages; yet God says to it, "Hitherto shalt thou come, and no further." The lions roar, but they are chained. Wicked men fling the reins to their passions, break through all restraints of respect for the wilt of God and appear to be at liberty to work evil and revel in... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:10

After seventy years - literally, according to the measure of the fulfillment of 70 years for Babylon. The 70 years (Jeremiah 25:11 note) are primarily the length of the Babylonian empire, and only in a secondary sense that of the Jewish exile. read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 29:10-14

Jeremiah 29:10-14. 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, denotes the extremity of its course, where it discharges its waters into the sea; so, by a farther metaphor drawn from hence, לפי seems to denote being at the full end of a certain period or limited course of time, where it is just going to lose itself in, and mix with, the ocean... read more

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