Jeremiah 25:12

12 Then after 1seventy years are completed, 2I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, 3the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the LORD, 4making the land an everlasting waste.

Jeremiah 25:12 In-Context

10 Moreover, I will banish from them the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride, the grinding of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
11 This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the LORD, making the land an everlasting waste.
13 I will bring upon that land all the words that I have uttered against it, everything written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
14 For many nations and great kings shall make slaves even of them, and I will recompense them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."

Cross References 4

  • 1. [See ver. 11 above]
  • 2. Jeremiah 51:24, 26, 62; Isaiah 13:19
  • 3. Jeremiah 51:24, 26, 62; Isaiah 13:19
  • 4. Jeremiah 51:24, 26, 62; Isaiah 13:19
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