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They shall be carried to Babylon, and there shall they be, until the day that I visit them, says Yahweh; then will I bring them up, and restore them to this place.
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Trust God's Sovereign Timeline
Commentators note the contrast between God's definite but long-term promise of restoration and the false prophets' promises of a quick return. Jeremiah's prophecy was fulfilled exactly: the vessels were taken and later returned after 70 years. This teaches us to trust in the certainty of God's promises, even when their fulfillment seems distant and operates on His schedule, not ours.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
They shall be carried to Babylon. —The fulfillment of the prediction is recorded in 2 Kings 25:13–17.
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16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah said, in the passage we considered yesterday, that it was more to be desired that God should keep what remained at Jerusalem than that wha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
They shall be carried to Babylon As they were; and of which, with others, there is a particular account in ([Reference 2 …
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Presbyterian
Jeremiah assures them that the brazen vessels would go after the golden ones. All will be carried to Babylon. But he concludes with a gracious prom…
