Jeremiah 29 · Verse 10

Jeremiah 29:10

For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
Jeremiah 29:10, King James Version

Jeremiah 29:10 in other translations

BSBFor 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.
WEBFor the LORD says, “After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
ASVFor thus saith Jehovah, After seventy years are accomplished for Babylon, I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.
YLT‘For thus said Jehovah, Surely at the fulness of Babylon--seventy years--I inspect you, and have established towards you My good word, to bring you back unto this place.
DARBYFor thus saith Jehovah: When seventy years shall be accomplished for Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in bringing you back to this place.
BBEFor this is what the Lord has said: When seventy years are ended for Babylon, I will have pity on you and give effect to my good purpose for you, causing you to come back to this place.
WebsterFor thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years shall be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word towards you, in causing you to return to this place.

What does Jeremiah 29:10 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
10. (See on Jr 25:11; Jr 25:12; Da 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.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 10 For thus saith the Lord - It has been supposed that a very serious transposition of verses has taken place here; and it has been proposed to read after Jer 29:9 the sixteenth to the nineteenth inclusive; then the tenth, and on to the fourteenth inclusive; then the twentieth, the fifteenth, the twenty-first, and the rest regularly to the end. That after seventy years be accomplished - לפי מלאת lephi meloth, "at the mouth of the accomplishment," or "fill to the mouth." Seventy years is the measure which must be filled; - fill this to the brim; - complete this measure, and then you shall be visited and released. The whole seventy must be completed; expect no enlargement before that time.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 29:8-19

Let men beware how they call those prophets whom they choose after their own fancies, and how they consider their fancies and dreams to be revelations from God. False prophets flatter people in their sins, because they love to be flattered; and they speak smoothly to their prophets, that their prophets may speak smoothly to them. God promises that they should return after seventy years were accomplished. By this it…

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Jeremiah 29:10 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

כִּֽי\־ki-thatH3588
כֹה֙khohthusH3541
אָמַ֣ר'a.Marhe saysH559
יְהוָ֔הYah.wehYahwehH3068
כִּ֠יkiifH3588
לְפִ֞יle.Fito [the] mouthH6310
מְלֹ֧אתme.Lot<of> will be completedH4390
לְבָבֶ֛לle.va.Velfor BabylonH894
שִׁבְעִ֥יםshiv.'ImseventyH7657
שָׁנָ֖הsha.Nahyear[s]H8141
אֶפְקֹ֣ד'ef.KodI will give attention toH6485
אֶתְכֶ֑ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
וַהֲקִמֹתִ֤יva.ha.ki.mo.Tiand I will carry outH6965
עֲלֵיכֶם֙'a.lei.Khemon youH5921
אֶת\־'et-<obj.>H853
דְּבָרִ֣יde.va.Riword myH1697
הַטּ֔וֹבha.Tov<the> goodH2896
לְהָשִׁ֣יבle.ha.Shivby bringing backH7725
אֶתְכֶ֔ם'et.Khem<obj.> youH853
אֶל\־'el-toH413
הַמָּק֖וֹםha.ma.Komthe placeH4725
הַזֶּֽה\׃ha.Zeh<the> thisH2088

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Cross references for Jeremiah 29:10

  • Daniel 9:2

    In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 24:6-7

    For I will set mine eyes upon them for good, and I will bring them again to this land: and I will build them, and not pull them down; and I will plant them, and not pluck them up. And I will give them an heart to know me, that I am the Lord: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God: for they shall return unto me with their whole heart.

  • Zechariah 7:5

    Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh month, even those seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?

  • Jeremiah 32:42-44

    For thus saith the Lord; Like as I have brought all this great evil upon this people, so will I bring upon them all the good that I have promised them. And fields shall be bought in this land, whereof ye say, It is desolate without man or beast; it is given into the hand of the Chaldeans. Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe evidences, and seal them, and take witnesses in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their captivity to return, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 25:12

    And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

  • Jeremiah 27:22

    They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be until the day that I visit them, saith the Lord; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.

  • Zephaniah 2:7

    And the coast shall be for the remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the Lord their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

  • 2 Chronicles 36:21 - Ezra 1:2

    To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years. Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the Lord God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The Lord his God be with him, and let him go up. Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying, …

  • Jeremiah 27:7

    And all nations shall serve him, and his son, and his son’s son, until the very time of his land come: and then many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of him.

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after.
25:12; 27:7,22; 2Ch 36:21-23; Ezr 1:1,2; Da 9:2; Zec 7:5
I will.
24:6,7; 32:42-44; Zep 2:7

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Context

  • Jeremiah 29:9

    For they prophesy falsely unto you in my name: I have not sent them, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 29:10

    For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.

  • Jeremiah 29:11

    For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the Lord, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

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Jeremiah 29:10 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Porque así dijo Jehová: Cuando en Babilonia se cumplieren los setenta años, yo os visitaré, y despertaré sobre vosotros mi buena palabra, para tornaros á este lugar.
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		Car ainsi dit l’ Éternel: Lorsque 70 ans seront accomplis pour Babylone, je vous visiterai, et j’accomplirai envers vous ma bonne parole, pour vous faire revenir en ce lieu.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Denn so spricht Jehova: Sobald siebzig Jahre für Babel voll sind werde ich mich eurer annehmen und mein gutes Wort an euch erfüllen, euch an diesen Ort zurückzubringen.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Quia hæc dicit Dominus: Cum cœperint impleri in Babylone septuaginta anni, visitabo vos, et suscitabo super vos verbum meum bonum, ut reducam vos ad locum istum.