12 Then after (A)seventy years are completed, (B)I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, (C)the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, (D)making the land an everlasting waste. 13 I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written (E)in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. 14 (F)For many nations (G)and great kings shall make slaves even of them, (H)and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.”

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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