Jeremiah 25:12
New English Translation
12 “‘But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation[a] for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon[b] an everlasting ruin.[c] I, the Lord, affirm it![d]
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- Jeremiah 25:12 tn Heb “that nation.”
- Jeremiah 25:12 tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for the use of the term “Chaldeans.”
- Jeremiah 25:12 tn Heb “I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation, oracle of the Lord, their iniquity, even upon the land of the Chaldeans, and I will make it everlasting ruins.” The sentence has been restructured to avoid ambiguity and to conform the style more to contemporary English.sn Cf. Isa 13:19-22; Jer 50:39-40.
- Jeremiah 25:12 tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”
Jeremiah 25:12
New International Version
12 “But when the seventy years(A) are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon(B) and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,[a] for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate(C) forever.
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 25:12 Or Chaldeans
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