Jeremiah 29:11-13 NIV

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:11

For I knew the thoughts , etc.; i.e. though seventy years must pass over you in exile, yet do not apprehend that I have forgotten you, for I know full well what my purpose is towards you—a purpose of restoring to you "peace" and prosperity. An expected end ; rather, a future and a hope; i.e. a hopeful future (comp. Jeremiah 31:17 , "There is a hope for thy future"). That unexpectant apathy which is the terrible accompaniment of so much worldly sorrow was not to be an ingredient in... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:11

God's thoughts concerning us. I. GOD THINKS . If God exists he must be a thinking being. To apply the name "God." to a stream of tendencies, a collection of laws, the totality of being, etc; is to misapply it. Either God is personal or there is no God, for the conception of personality is essential to that of divinity. If God is a person he may be "without parts or passions." The anthropomorphic ideas of repentance, wrath, etc; may be as much mere metaphorical images as those of the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:11

Thoughts of peace. Such is the consoling word that God sends to his "banished ones" in their affliction. He bids his servant "speak comfortably" to them, even now that their "warfare" is only beginning, and they are having their first taste of the bitterness of exile. Blending with the lamentations of the weeping captives as they "hung their harps on the willows by the waters of Babylon," we can imagine that this gracious word would have a more salutary effect upon them than the living... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:12

And ye shall go and pray unto me . "Go," that is, to the places "where prayer is wont to be made." The clause seems to refer to common prayer for a common object. Comp. striking passages in Solomon's prayer ( 1 Kings 8:48 ), and in Deuteronomy ( Deuteronomy 4:29 , Deuteronomy 4:30 ). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:12-14

Signs that God's favor is restored. I. WHAT HE DOES IN HIS PEOPLE . 1. In turning their hearts to himself . They had been worshipping Baal and the gods of heathendom. Only now and then did they offer a haft-hearted worship to Jehovah. The idolatries that pandered to their lusts were uppermost in their thoughts, and it was only occasionally, in seasons of desperate need, they bethought themselves of Jehovah. Now he was to assume a higher place in their regard. Their... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:13

Seeking God with the whole heart. I. GOD MUST BE FOUND BEFORE BE CAN BE KNOWN AND ENJOYED . "He is not far from each one of us: for in him we live, and move, and have our being." Yet this natural nearness of God may be unrecognized by us, and may not be sufficient to bring us into the spiritual communion with him. The God of nature may be "the unknown God," or he may be recognized and yet not enjoyed as the "Portion" of the soul. 1. Sin hides the vision of God,... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 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. 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

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

Letters to the captives in Babylon (29:1-32)In 597 BC several thousand of Jerusalem’s most capable people were taken captive to Babylon. Among them were some false prophets who began to predict, as Hananiah had done, that Babylon was about to fall and that the Judean captives were about to return to Jerusalem. Jeremiah, on hearing of this, wrote a letter to the community of captives (29:1-3).The advice Jeremiah gives to the exiles is that they settle down to a more or less permanent way of... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 29:11

an expected end. Figure of speech Hendiadys. Hebrew "an end and an expectation" = an end, yea, an end which I have caused you to hope for: i.e. a hoped-for end. read more

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:11

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:12

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:12-14

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 29:13

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 29:11

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

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 29:1-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 29:11

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