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
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