Jeremiah 29:10 (LSB)

Passage

“For thus says Yahweh, ‘When seventy years have been fulfilled for Babylon, I will visit you and establish My good word to you, to return you to this place.

Nearby Context

Jeremiah 29:8 For thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, ‘Do not let your prophets who are in your midst and your diviners deceive you, and do not listen to your dreams which you dream.

Jeremiah 29:9 For they prophesy a lie to you in My name; I have not sent them,’ declares Yahweh.

Jeremiah 29:10 “For thus says Yahweh, ‘When seventy years have been fulfilled for Babylon, I will visit you and establish My good word to you, to return you to this place.

Jeremiah 29:11 For I know the plans that I have for you,’ declares Yahweh, ‘plans for peace and not for calamity, to give you a future and a hope.

Jeremiah 29:12 Then you will call upon Me and come and pray to Me, and I will listen to you.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thus", "says", "yahweh", "seventy", "years", "been", "fulfilled", and "babylon". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thus" and "says", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 9's "For they prophesy a lie to you..." into verse 11's "For I know the plans that I...", so "thus" and "says" belong inside that flow. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thus" and "says" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.