Babylon Will Be Judged

12 ‘Then it will be (A)when seventy years are completed I will (B)punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares the Lord, ‘for their wrongdoing, and the land of the Chaldeans; and (C)I will make it an everlasting desolation. 13 I will bring upon that land all My words which I have pronounced against it, all that is written in (D)this book which Jeremiah has prophesied against (E)all the nations. 14 ([a]For (F)many nations and great kings will make slaves of them, even them; and I will (G)repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.)’”

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  1. Jeremiah 25:14 Or For they have served many nations and great kings

12 And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it [a]desolate for ever. 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words which I have pronounced against it, even all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah hath prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings [b]shall make bondmen of them, even of them; and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.

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  1. Jeremiah 25:12 Hebrew everlasting desolations.
  2. Jeremiah 25:14 Or, have made

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. 13 I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written(D) in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. 14 They themselves will be enslaved(E) by many nations(F) and great kings; I will repay(G) them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”

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  1. Jeremiah 25:12 Or Chaldeans