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Jeremiah 25:12

Contemporary English Version 1995

When that time is up, I will punish the king of Babylonia and his people for everything they have done wrong, and I will turn that country into a wasteland forever.

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The city of Babylon is glorious and powerful, the pride of the nation. But it will be like the cities of Sodom and Gomorrah after I, the Lord, destroyed them.

After Babylonia has been the strongest nation for 70 years, I will be kind and bring you back to Jerusalem, just as I have promised.

The Lord will sweep out the people, and the land will become a swamp for wild animals.

and your land will lie in ruins forever. No one will live in your towns ever again. You will know that I am the Lord.

I will pay back the Babylonians for every wrong they have done. Great kings from many other nations will conquer the Babylonians and force them to be slaves.

You were supposed to take care of my people, but instead you chased them away. So now I'll punish you severely and make you pay for your crimes!

The gods Bel and Nebo are down on their knees, as wooden images of them are carried away on weary animals.

King Sargon of Assyria gave orders for his army commander to capture the city of Ashdod.

The streams of Nimrim and the grasslands have dried up. Every plant is parched.

During Jehoiakim's rule, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia invaded and took control of Judah. Jehoiakim obeyed Nebuchadnezzar for three years, but then he rebelled.

In the first year that Cyrus was king of Persia, the Lord had Cyrus send a message to all parts of his kingdom. This happened just as Jeremiah the Lord's prophet had promised.

Babylon, you are doomed! I pray the Lord's blessings on anyone who punishes you for what you did to us.

You defeated my people. Now you're in for trouble! You've never been destroyed, but you will be destroyed; you've never been betrayed, but you will be betrayed. When you have finished destroying and betraying, you will be destroyed and betrayed in return.

will be taken to Babylonia, where they will remain until I decide to bring them back to Jerusalem. I, the Lord, have spoken.

Will he keep hauling in his nets and destroying nations without showing mercy?




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