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Jeremiah 29:10–14
Jeremiah writes to exiles who are tempted by promises of a quick return. He tells them to build houses, plant gardens, raise families, and seek the peace of Babylon because the exile will last. The famous promise of hope comes inside that seventy-year horizon: God has not abandoned His covenant purpose, and when the appointed time comes the people will seek Him and be gathered home.
Ezra opens by explicitly saying that Jeremiah’s word is being fulfilled as Cyrus authorizes return and temple rebuilding. Jeremiah had promised restoration after Babylon. The book therefore interprets the Persian decree as part of prophetic fulfillment rather than as a merely political event, while leaving room for the broader prophetic context of Jeremiah 25 and 29.
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