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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”

12 When the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their wrongdoing, declares the Lord. I will reduce the land of the Babylonians to a wasteland for all time. 13 I will unleash upon that land everything I decreed, all that is written in this scroll, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations. 14 Yes, many great nations and powerful kings will enslave them, and I will pay them back in full for what they have done and made with their hands.

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