Jer 25:12 | NET2full | STEP | “‘ But when the seventy years are over , I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins . I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin . I, the Lord , affirm it!

‏ Jeremiah 25:12

12 “‘But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation ^{▼▼tn Heb “that nation.”} for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon ^{▼▼tn Heb “the land of the Chaldeans.” See the study note on 21:4 for the use of the term “Chaldeans.”} an everlasting ruin. ^{▼▼tn Heb “I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation, oracle of the Lord, their iniquity, even upon the land of the Chaldeans, and I will make it everlasting ruins.” The sentence has been restructured to avoid ambiguity and to conform the style more to contemporary English.} ^{▼▼sn Cf. Isa 13:19-22; Jer 50:39-40.} I, the Lord, affirm it! ^{▼▼tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”}