Jeremiah 25:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. ”

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

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...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 25. The Supremacy of Babylon over Judah and the Nations. Jeremiah 25:1-11 . In the year 604 (after the Babylonian victory over Egypt at Carchemish, 605 B.C., cf. Jeremiah 46:2 ), Jere...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

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 on...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years - As this prophecy was...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Seventy years— Not only the captivity and restoration of the two tribes were foretold, but the precise time of that captivity and restoration was also prefixed and determined by our prophet. This p...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Seventy years - ( Jeremiah 27:7 ). The exact number of years o...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Fourteenth Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim). The Wine Cup of God's Fury We have here the first closely dated prophecy, taking us back from Zedekih's reign to the fourth year of Jehoiakim,...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Shall serve the king of Babylon seventy-years. — This is the first mention of the duration of the captivity. The seventy years are commonly reckoned from B.C. 606, the date of the deportation of Je...
Jeremiah 25:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Still speaking to Zedekiah, Jeremiah reminded him of the word which came in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. It was a message announcing the judgment of God against Judah, Babylon, the nations, the worl...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I pray the Reader to observe, how the King of Babylon is called the Lord's servant. Yes! for the Lord will serve himself of his enemies, when the purposes of his sacred will, render it necessary. In...
Jeremiah 25:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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]...
Jeremiah 25:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And this whole land shall be a desolation, [and] an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Ver. 11. And this land shall be a desolation - seventy years.] Whi...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

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 d...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Desolation Predicted. B. C. 607. 8 Therefore thus saith the L ORD of hosts; Because y...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This prophecy is a famous prophecy in regard of its fixing the particular space of time in which the Jews abode in the captivity of Babylon, viz. seventy years. When they determined we are plainly...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Subsection 8). Jeremiah Summarises His Ministry Before The People And After Declaring What Is To Come On Judah Proclaims The Judgment Of YHWH That Is Coming On All Nations ( Jeremiah 25:1-38 ). Th...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter: “ Fourth year of Jehoiakim ” ( Jeremiah 25:1 ). It is stated the third year in Daniel 1:1 ; but Hales (“Sacred Chron.”) shows that Je...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Scofield Reference Notes

seventy years Compare ( Leviticus 26:33-35 ); ( 2 Chronicles 36:21 ); ( Daniel 9:2 ) The 70 years may be reckoned to begin with the first deportation of Judah to Babylon. ( 2 Kings 24:10-15...
Jeremiah 25:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 25:1 . In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the first year of Nebuchadrezzar. Daniel says the third year, Daniel 1:1 . The campaign could not be less than a year; the variation arises from th...
Jeremiah 25:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION This chapter may be illustrated by a comparison of it with Jeremiah 46:1-24 . There Jeremiah exults ever the destruction of a nation (Egypt) which was one of the chief enemies of God...
Jeremiah 25:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Judgment on Judah
Jeremiah 25:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:21 ; 2 Chronicles 36:22 ; Daniel 7:2 ; Isaiah 23:15-17 ; Jeremiah 25:12 ; Zechariah 7:5

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

Jeremiah 25:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 25:11 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

Jeremiah 25:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 25:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 25:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 25:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 25:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 25:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 25:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 25:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 25:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 25:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 25:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 25:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 25:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 25:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 25:11 - Scofield Reference Notes

Jeremiah 25:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 25:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 25:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 25:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge