Jeremiah 25:11 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 25:11

And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

BSB

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ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

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 reign, when Daniel and others were carried captive, Dan 1:1; to the first year of Cyrus.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

The fixing of time during which the captivity should last would be of great use, not only for the confirmation of the prophecy, when the event (which in this particular could by no human sagacity be foreseen) should exactly answer the prediction, but for the comfort of the people of God in their calamity and the encouragement of faith and prayer.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

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 Jer 29:10).

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Original language & word study

14 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָֽיְתָה֙	ve.ha.ye.Tah	and it will become	H1961 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
הָאָ֣רֶץ	ha.'A.retz	the land	H776 →
הַזֹּ֔את	ha.Zot	<the> this	H2063 →
לְחָרְבָּ֖ה	le.cha.re.Bah	<into> a desolation	H2723 →
לְשַׁמָּ֑ה	le.sha.Mah	<into> a waste	H8047 →
וְעָ֨בְד֜וּ	ve.'A.ve.Du	and they will serve	H5647 →
הַגּוֹיִ֥ם	ha.go.Yim	the nations	H1471 →
הָאֵ֛לֶּה	ha.'E.leh	<the> these	H428 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
מֶ֥לֶךְ	Me.lekh	[the] king of	H4428 →
בָּבֶ֖ל	ba.Vel	Babylon	H894 →
שִׁבְעִ֥ים	shiv.'Im	seventy	H7657 →
שָׁנָֽה׃	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Daniel 9:2
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
leads to
- Jeremiah 29:10
  For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
  Reached by 3 independent paths from here.
- Zechariah 7:5
  “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:11–12
  And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- 2 Chronicles 36:21
  So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
- Revelation 1:3
  Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
Through
Zechariah 1:12
Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”
leads to
- Daniel 9:2
  in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Psalms 74:10
  How long, O God, will the enemy taunt You? Will the foe revile Your name forever?
Through
Zechariah 7:5
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
leads to
- Zechariah 1:12
  Then the angel of the LORD said, “How long, O LORD of Hosts, will You withhold mercy from Jerusalem and the cities of Judah, with which You have been angry these seventy years?”