^11 (A)This whole land will be a waste place and an object of horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon ^(B)seventy years.

Punishment Against Babylon

¹² ‘Then it will be ^(C)when seventy years are fulfilled, that I will ^(D)punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares Yahweh, ‘for their iniquity, even the land of the Chaldeans; and ^(E)I will make it an everlasting desolation.

^7 (A)All the nations shall serve him and his son and his grandson ^(B)until the time of his own land comes; then ^(C)many nations and great kings will ^[a]make him their servant.

¹⁰ “For thus says Yahweh, ‘When ^(A)seventy years have been fulfilled for Babylon, I will ^[a]visit you and establish My ^(B)good word to you, to return you to this place.

⁵ and he will ^(A)lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and he will be there until I ^[a]visit him,” declares Yahweh. “If you fight against the Chaldeans, you will ^(B)not succeed”’?”