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11 This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
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11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
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12 Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chalde'ans, for their iniquity, says the LORD, making the land an everlasting waste.
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12 "But when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation, the land of the Babylonians, for their guilt," declares the LORD, "and will make it desolate forever.
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13 I will bring upon that land all the words which I have uttered against it, everything written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
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13 I will bring upon that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations.
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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."
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14 They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands."
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