Jer 29:10-14 | TNotes | STEP | 29:10 The exiled people of Judah would be in Babylon for seventy years ; this was not new information (see 25:11 ), but Jeremiah’s audiences in Jerusalem had not believed him. Now that those people were in exile, they needed to accept reality.

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‏ Jeremiah 29:10-14

29:10 ^a The exiled people of Judah would be in Babylon for seventy years; this was not new information (see 25:11 ^b), but Jeremiah’s audiences in Jerusalem had not believed him. Now that those people were in exile, they needed to accept reality.
29:11 ^c The Lord’s plans for good, to prosper the exiled people and to return them to the land of Judah, gave them a future and a hope. This promise was specific to the exiles in Babylon, but it has given hope to millions of God’s people in various difficult circumstances.
Summary for Jer 29:12-13: 29:12-13 ^d Through Jeremiah, the Lord reminded the exiled people that if they would look for him wholeheartedly, they would find him. The Exile taught the Israelites to reject false gods and give their wholehearted devotion to the Lord (Deut 6:4-6 ^e). It also gave them a new commitment to the revealed word of God.