Jer 25:9 | HCSB | STEP | I am going to send for all the families of the north ’ – this is the Lord ’s declaration – ‘and send for My servant Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon , and I will bring them against this land , against its residents , and against all these surrounding nations , and I will completely destroy them and make them a desolation , a derision , and ruins forever .

Jeremiah 25:9

9 I am going to send for all the families of the north’ ^a – this is the Lord’s declaration – ‘and send for My servant ^b Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, and I will bring them against this land, against its residents, and against all these surrounding nations, and I will ^{▼▼set apart for destruction/ completely destroy: In Canaan or its neighboring countries, this was the destruction during war of a city, its inhabitants, and their possessions, including livestock.}completely destroy them and make them a desolation, ^d a derision, and ruins forever.