Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
(See on Jeremiah 25:11; Jeremiah 25:12; Daniel 9:2). This proves that the seventy years date from Jeconiah's captivity, not from the last captivity. The specification of time was to curb the impatience of the Jews lest they should hasten before God's time.
good word--promise of a return.
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
Ezra 1:1
Isaiah 23:15
Jeremiah 27:7
Jeremiah 27:22
Jeremiah 29:15
Ezekiel 11:3
Daniel 1:1
Daniel 7:25
Daniel 9:2
Haggai 1:2
Zechariah 1:12
Zechariah 1:13
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