Jeremiah 25:11 (WEB)
This whole land will be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Fathers and councils · 4
Hippolytus of Rome
“…befell them under Nebuchadnezzar; and after these things the people will return, and sacrifice and offering will be presented, when Christ is their Prince.”” — editor's note: Jer. xxv. 11.
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Augustine of Hippo
“But that people was waiting until there should be fulfilled the space of seventy years, according to the prophecy of Jeremiah.” — editor's note: Jer. xxv. 11, xxix. 10.
Read the whole comment“…Sion, which was granted to the Jews, in an image, in a figure, was in captivity in Babylonia, and after seventy years that people turned back to its own city.…But when all time is past, then we return to our country, as after seventy years that people returned from the Babylonish captivity, for Babylon is this world;…” — editor's note: Jer. xxv. 11, xxix. 10.
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Aphrahat
“And also the beasts of the desert and the birds of heaven have I given to him to serve him.” — editor's note: Jer. xxviii. 14; xxv. 11.
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