Jeremiah 25-27 - Seventy Years of Captivity

Seventy Years of Captivity

Jer 25:4 LSB – [4] "And Yahweh has sent to you all His slaves the prophets, rising up early and sending, but you have not listened nor inclined your ear to hear,

Jer 25:11 LSB – [11] 'This whole land will be a waste place and an object of horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Punishment Against Babylon

Jer 25:14 LSB – [14] '--For many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands--'"

The Words of Yahweh Against Judah

Jer 26:2-3 LSB – 

[2] "Thus says Yahweh, 'Stand in the court of the house of Yahweh, and you shall speak to all the cities of Judah who have come to worship [in] the house of Yahweh all the words that I have commanded you to speak to them. Do not take away a word! 

[3] 'Perhaps they will listen and everyone will turn from his evil way, that I may relent of the evil which I am devising to bring against them because of the evil of their deeds.'

Jeremiah Threatened with Death

Jer 26:11 LSB – [11] Then the priests and the prophets spoke to the officials and to all the people, saying, "A judgment of death for this man! For he has prophesied against this city as you have heard in your hearing."

Jeremiah Spared from Death

Jer 26:16 LSB – [16] Then the officials and all the people said to the priests and to the prophets, "No judgment of death for this man! For he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God."

Jer 26:24 LSB – [24] But the hand of Ahikam the son of Shaphan was with Jeremiah, so that he was not given into the hands of the people to put him to death.

The Yoke of Nebuchadnezzar

Jer 27:5-6 LSB – [5] "I have made the earth, the men, and the animals which are on the face of the earth by My great power and by My outstretched arm, and I will give it to the one who is right in My eyes. [6] "So now, I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, My servant, and I have given him even the wild beasts of the field to serve him.

Jer 27:21-22 LSB – [21] "Indeed, thus says Yahweh of hosts, the God of Israel, concerning the vessels that are left in the house of Yahweh and in the house of the king of Judah and in Jerusalem, [22] 'They will be brought to Babylon, and they will be there until the day I visit them,' declares Yahweh. 'Then I will bring them up and return them to this place.'"