Jeremia 29:4

Gereviseerde Lutherse Vertaling

Dus spreekt de Heer Zebath, Israls God, tot al de gevangenen, die Ik heb doen wegvoeren van Jeruzalem naar Babel:

Parallel Translations

Gereviseerde Leidse Vertaling
Zo zegt de Heer der heirscharen, Israels god, aan al de ballingen die ik uit Jeruzalem naar Babel heb weggevoerd:

Staten Vertaling
Zo zegt de HEERE der heirscharen, de God Israels, tot allen, die gevankelijk zijn weggevoerd, die Ik gevankelijk heb doen wegvoeren van Jeruzalem naar Babel:

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whom: Jeremiah 24:5, Isaiah 5:5, Isaiah 10:5, Isaiah 10:6, Isaiah 45:7, Isaiah 59:1, Isaiah 59:2, Amos 3:6

Reciprocal: Lamentations 1:6 - her princes Ezekiel 17:9 - shall he

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel,.... For the letter was written by the order of the Lord, was endited by him, and was sent in his name, the prophet was only his amanuensis; and the titles which the Lord here takes are worthy of notice: "the Lord of hosts": of the armies above and below, that does according to his pleasure in heaven and in earth, with whom nothing is impossible; who could easily destroy the enemies of his people, and deliver them, either immediately by his power, or mediately by means of armies on earth, whom he could assemble, and send at pleasure; or by legions of angels at his command: "the God of Israel"; their covenant God; who still continued to be so, notwithstanding their sins and transgressions, and though in captivity in a foreign land; and a good him this, to preserve them from the idolatry of the country they were in, and to observe unto them that he only was to be worshipped by them:

unto all that are carried away captives: or, "to all of the captivity"; or, "to the whole captivity" r; high and low, rich and poor; this letter was an interesting one to them all:

whom I have caused to be carried away from Jerusalem unto Babylon; for though their sins and iniquities were the moving, meritorious, and procuring causes of their captivity; and Nebuchadnezzar and his army the instruments; yet God was the efficient cause: the Chaldeans could never have carried them captive, if the Lord had not willed it, or had not done it by them; for there is no "evil [of this kind] in a city, and the Lord hath not done it", Amos 3:6.

r לכל הגולה "universae migrationi", Schmidt; "omni transmigrationi", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

As the exile was God’s doing for their good, they were to make the best of their position, and acquire wealth and influence; whereas if they were always restlessly looking out for the opportunity of returning home, they would rapidly fall into poverty and dwindle away.

Jeremiah 29:7

Seek the peace of the city ... - Not only because their welfare for seventy years was bound up with that of Babylon, but because it would have degraded their whole moral nature to have lived as conspirators, banded together against the country that was for the time their home.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 29:4. Thus saith the Lord of hosts — This was the commencement of the letter.