God’s Mercy and Israel’s Unfaithfulness

The Fall of Babylon

¹¹ This whole country will become a desolate wasteland,^(A) and these nations will serve^(B) the king of Babylon seventy years.^(C)

¹⁰ Then say to them, ‘This is what the Lord Almighty, the God of Israel, says: I will send for my servant^(A) Nebuchadnezzar^(B) king of Babylon, and I will set his throne^(C) over these stones I have buried here; he will spread his royal canopy^(D) above them. ¹¹ He will come and attack Egypt,^(E) bringing death^(F) to those destined^(G) for death, captivity to those destined for captivity,^(H) and the sword to those destined for the sword.^{(I) 12} He will set fire^(J) to the temples^(K) of the gods^(L) of Egypt; he will burn their temples and take their gods captive.^(M) As a shepherd picks^(N) his garment clean of lice, so he will pick Egypt clean and depart. ¹³ There in the temple of the sun^[a](O) in Egypt he will demolish the sacred pillars^(P) and will burn down the temples of the gods of Egypt.’”