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12 ‘Then when the seventy years have passed, I’ll judge the king of Babylon and that nation, declares the Lord, I’ll judge[a] the land of the Chaldeans for their iniquity and I’ll make it a desolation forever. 13 I’ll bring on that land all the things I spoke against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied about the nations. 14 Indeed many nations and great kings will make slaves even of them, and I’ll repay them according to their deeds, according to what they have done.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:12 The Heb. lacks I’ll judge

The Cup of Wrath

12 And then[a] when the seventy years[b] are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares[c] Yahweh, ‘for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and I will make it an everlasting waste.[d] 13 And I will bring upon that land all my words that I have spoken against it, everything that is written in this scroll which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. 14 For many nations and great kings will let them work, even them, and I will repay them according to their deeds, and according to the work of their hands.’”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 25:12 Literally “And it will happen”
  2. Jeremiah 25:12 Hebrew “year”
  3. Jeremiah 25:12 Literally “a declaration of”
  4. Jeremiah 25:12 Literally “a waste of eternity”