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.
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Barnes' Notes
See the marginal references. The 70 years of desolation prophesied by Jeremiah, commenced in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jer 25:1, Jer 25:12; compare Dan 1:1), or 605 B.C.; and should therefore have…
Adam Clarke
To fulfill the word of the Lord - See Jer 25:9, Jer 25:12; Jer 26:6, Jer 26:7; Jer 29:12. For the miserable death of Zedekiah, see Kg2 25:4, etc.
We have here an account of the destruction of the kingdom of Judah and the city of Jerusalem by the Chaldeans. Abraham, God's friend, was called out of that country, from Ur of the Chaldees, when God…
Cambridge Bible
by the mouth of Jeremiah Cp. Jer 25:11; Jer 29:10.
until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths Cp. Lev 25:1-7; Lev 26:34-35.
threescore and ten years i.e. two whole generations. It is very unlikely that…
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