Jeremiah Chapter 29

Sabbatical Year

*note: Because Israel did not keep the sabbatical year as they should, they endured about 70 years of Babylonian captivity. Every 6th year an extra month, Adar, was added because their calendar was based on lunar movements rather than solar 365 days.

Jeremiah 29:10

*note re 70 yrs. of captivity.

Leviticus 25:4-7 (P)

Deuteronomy 15:1-18

Deuteronomy 31:9-13 (G)

Men,women and children to be gathered together at he end of the seven years of release.

2 Chronicles 36:20-21

*note re. 70 yrs. of captivity.

Nehemiah 10:31

Jeremiah 25:11-12

*note re. 70 yrs. of captivity.

Jeremiah 34:8-18

Failure to let go every bondman and bondwoman every 7 yrs.. was added reason for 70 yrs. of captivity.

Daniel 9:2

Zechariah 7:5

Hebrews 4:9

Looks on more to the millenial time.

70 years of captivity, Judah

See also references in Sabbatical Year, Lev.25:4-7. Time period from about 605 BC to 536 BC. See most references of Judah's captivity in 2Kin.24:14-20.

Jeremiah 29:10,11

2 Kings 24:14-20

2 Chronicles 36:21 (P)

Ezra 1:1

Isaiah 45:1,2

Cyrus would be the means of Juda's return from exile.

Jeremiah 25:11,12

Daniel 9:1,2,24,27

See also chart of Dan. 9.

Zechariah 7:1-14

70 years of captivity, Judah

Beginning of the return of Judah from exile. Time of the rebuilding of the temple, around 541-515 BC. To build the walls around Jerusalem (different dates) 444 BC,445 BC (mostly indicated date) 454 BC, 455 BC (JND).

Jeremiah 29:10,11

2 Chronicles 36:23

Ezra 1:1-3 (P)

Isaiah 44:28

Isaiah 45:1,2

Jeremiah 25:11,12

Daniel 9:1,2,25

This is the rebiulding of the wall after the temple was rebuilt. See Isaiah 45:1,2 for more details.

Zechariah 1:12

Return from Exile

Return from exile under Cyrus and under other rulers in Persia after 70 years of captivity.

Jeremiah 29:10-14

Isaiah 44:28

Isaiah 45:1,2 (P)

Isaiah 52:11

Jeremiah 25:12

Jeremiah 27:21,22

Daniel 9:1,2,25

Rebuilding of the wall under Nehemiah after the temple had been rebuilt.See Ezra,Haggai and Malachi for this history.

Micah 4:9,10

70 years of captivity, Judah

70 years of Judah's exile to end. See most references in Ezra 1:1-3.

Jeremiah 29:10,11 (P)

Ezra 1:1-3

70 years of captivity, Judah

Judah taken into exile by the Babylonians.

Jeremiah 29:10

Leviticus 26:14-15

Deuteronomy 15:1-18

Failure to honour the Sabbatical Year and release the bondmen, see Jer34:8-22.

2 Kings 21:11-17

2 Kings 23:26-27

2 Kings 24:14-20 (P)

2 Kings 25:8-30

2 Chronicles 36:16-21

Psalms 137:1-9

Isaiah 5:5-7

Isaiah 6:11-13

Jeremiah 10:22

Jeremiah 13:19-20

Jeremiah 25:11

Jeremiah 34:8-22

Zedekiah's failure to proclaim liberty to bondmen and bondwomen (Note Hebrewess a rare term.),a further cause of their captivity.

Amos 2:4-5

Micah 3:9-12

Habakkuk 1:6

Zephaniah 1:4-5

Zechariah 1:12

Zechariah 7:5