“For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.”
The affirmation that God will visit the exiles after seventy years are accomplished and fulfill His promise to bring them back to Jerusalem provides the framework within which all the preceding instructions about building and planting make sense. The specific number seventy years suggests a complete generation or period of judgment after which restoration can occur, establishing a timeline that prevents both hopelessness and false hope. This promise validates Jeremiah's earlier prophecies about long exile while affirming that exile is not eternal.
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