Jeremiah 25:12 BSB — MannaFest

Jeremiah 25:12

But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

BSB

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ASV

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate for ever.

KJV

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the Lord, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

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Commentary

3 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)

And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished,.... Which were accomplished in the first year of Cyrus: they began with the first year of Nebuchadnezzar, who reigned two years and two months with his father Nabopolassar; after that forty three years by himself; Evilmerodach two years: Neriglissar four years; Belshazzar or Nabonadius seventeen years; and Darius the Median two years; which all make sixty nine years and two months; and if ten months more be added to complete the said seventy years, it will carry the end of them to the first year of Cyrus (g).

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Accomplished - Counted from the time that the Jews were carried away in the time of Jeconiah or Jehoiakim, 2 Kings xxiv, 15, 16. Desolations - This was fulfilled by Darius, the king of Persia, Dan. iv, 31, of these seventy Nebuchadnezzar reigned thirty six, 2 Kings xxv, 27.

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

And that nation - הגוי ההוא haggoi hahu. Dr. Blayney contends that this should be translated his nation, and that ההוא hahu is the substantive pronoun used in the genitive case. It is certainly more clear and definite to read, “I will punish the king of Babylon, and His nation.” Will make it perpetual desolations - See the note on Isa 13:19, where the fulfillment of this prophecy is distinctly marked.

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Original language & word study

22 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וְהָיָ֣ה	ve.ha.Yah	and it will be	H1961 →
כִמְלֹ֣אות	khim.Lot	when are completed	H4390 →
שִׁבְעִ֣ים	shiv.'Im	seventy	H7657 →
שָׁנָ֡ה	sha.Nah	year[s]	H8141 →
אֶפְקֹ֣ד	'ef.Kod	I will visit [judgment]	H6485 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מֶֽלֶךְ־	Me.lekh-	[the] king of	H4428 →
בָּבֶל֩	ba.Vel	Babylon	H894 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5921 →
הַגּ֨וֹי	ha.Goy	the nation	H1471 →
הַה֧וּא	ha.Hu'	<the> that	H1931 →
נְאֻם־	ne.'um-	[the] utterance of	H5002 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
עֲוֹנָ֖ם	'a.vo.Nam	iniquity their	H5771 →
וְעַל־	ve.'al-	and on	H5921 →
אֶ֣רֶץ	'E.retz	[the] land of	H776 →
כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים	kas.Dim	[the] Chaldeans	H3778 →
וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י	ve.sam.Ti	and I will make	H7760 →
אֹת֖וֹ	'o.To	<obj.> it	H853 →
לְשִֽׁמְמ֥וֹת	le.shi.Mot	into desolations of	H8077 →
עוֹלָֽם׃	o.Lam	perpetuity	H5769 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Jeremiah 29:10
For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
leads to
- Zechariah 7:5
  “Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Daniel 9:2
  in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
- Jeremiah 24:6–7
  I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Jeremiah 32:42–44
  For this is what the LORD says: Just as I have brought all this great disaster on this people, so I will bring on them all the good I have promised them.
Through
Daniel 9:2
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
leads to
- Jeremiah 29:10
  For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
- Jeremiah 25:11–12
  And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- 2 Chronicles 36:21
  So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
- Revelation 1:3
  Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.