Psa 79:4, Isa 64:10-11, Jer 25:9-13, 29:10, Eze 34:28 | TSK | STEP

the sound.Sir J. Chardin remarks, that in the East, every where in the morning may be heard the noise of the mills, which often awakens people; for they generally grind every day just as much as may be necessary for the day's consumption. Where, then, the noise of the mill is not heard in the morning, nor the light of the candle seen in the evening, there must be an utter desolation.

Ec 12:2-4

seventy.This prophecy was delivered in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and began to be accomplished immediately; and it was exactly seventy years from this time to the proclamation of Cyrus for the return of the Jews.

12; 2Ch 36:21,22; Isa 23:15-17; Da 9:2; Zec 1:12; 7:5

when.

29:10; 2Ki 24:1; Ezr 1:1,2; Da 9:2

that I.

14; 50:1-51:64; De 32:35-42; Isa 13:1-14:32; 21:1-17; 46:1-47:15

Da 5:1-31; Hab 2:1-20; Re 18:1-24

punish. Heb. visit upon. See on ch.

23:2

perpetual.

50:3,13,23,39,40,45; 51:25,26,62-64; Isa 13:19; 14:23; 15:6

Isa 20:1-6; 47:1; Eze 35:9

hath. See on ch.

1:5,10; Da 5:28,31; Re 10:11

Jeremiah 29:10

after.

25:12; 27:7,22; 2Ch 36:21-23; Ezr 1:1,2; Da 9:2; Zec 7:5

I will.

24:6,7; 32:42-44; Zep 2:7

Ezekiel 34:28

they shall.It is evident that this prophecy could at most have only a typical accomplishment in the return from captivity under Zerubbabel, and in their consequent prosperity; but the restoration of the Jews from their present captivity, and the consequent peace and prosperity of the church and world, fully answer to this energetic language.

8; 36:4,15

neither.

25,29; Jer 30:10; 46:27