Jeremiah 29:10

“For thus saith the Lord, that after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon, etc.] 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 <242501> Jeremiah 25:1,2,11); I will visit you; in a way of mercy, by stirring up Cyrus king of Persia to grant them their liberty: and perform my good word towards you, in causing you to return to this place; meaning the promise of return from their captivity to their own land; which was a good word of promise, a promise of good things;…”

“(See on Jer 25:11; Jer 25:12; Dan 9:2). This proves that the seventy years date from Jeconiah's captivity, not from the last captivity. The specification of time was to curb the impatience of the Jews lest they should hasten before God's time. good word--promise of a return.”

“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. return to 'Top of Page'”

“After - From this text it appears that the seventy years captivity, were to be accounted from the first carrying into captivity in the time of Jehoiakim, so that eleven years of it were elapsed, before Zedekiah was carried away. Jeremiah 29:11”

“29:10 The exiled people of Judah would be in Babylon for seventy years; this was not new information (see 25:11), but Jeremiah’s audiences in Jerusalem had not believed him. Now that those people were in exile, they needed to accept reality.”

“after: Jer 25:12, Jer 27:7, Jer 27:22; Ch2 36:21-23; Ezr 1:1, Ezr 1:2; Dan 9:2; Zac 7:5 I will: Jer 24:6, Jer 24:7, Jer 32:42-44; Zep 2:7 Jeremiah 29:11”