Jeremiah 25:12

God's Word

“When the 70 years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation for their crimes, declares the Lord. I will turn Babylon into a permanent wasteland.

Cross References

2 Kings 24:1

During Jehoiakim’s reign King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked ⌞Judah⌟, and Jehoiakim became subject to him for three years. Then Jehoiakim turned against him and rebelled.

2 Chronicles 36:22

The promise the Lord had spoken through Jeremiah was about to come true in Cyrus’ first year as king of Persia. The Lord inspired the king to make this announcement throughout his whole kingdom and then to put it in writing.

Psalm 137:8

You destructive people of Babylon, blessed is the one who pays you back with the same treatment you gave us.

Isaiah 13:19

Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the proud beauty of the Chaldeans, will be like Sodom and Gomorrah when God destroyed them.

Isaiah 14:23

“It will become the possession of herons. It will become pools of water. I’ll sweep it with the broom of destruction,” declares the Lord of Armies.

Isaiah 15:6

The Nimrim Brook has run dry! The grass dries up, the vegetation withers, and nothing green is left.

Isaiah 20:1

In the year when King Sargon of Assyria sent his commander-in-chief to fight against Ashdod, he captured it.

Isaiah 33:1

How horrible it will be for you, you destroyer, although you haven’t been destroyed. How horrible it will be for you, you traitor, although you haven’t been betrayed. When you’ve finished destroying, you will be destroyed. When you’ve finished being a traitor, you will be betrayed.

Isaiah 46:1

The god Bel bows down; the god Nebo stoops low. Their statues are seated on animals and cattle. The gods that you carry are burdens, a load for weary people.

Jeremiah 23:2

“This is what I, the Lord God of Israel, said to the shepherds who take care of my people: You have scattered my sheep and chased them away. You have not taken care of them, so now I will take care of you by punishing you for the evil you have done,” declares the Lord.

Jeremiah 25:14

Many nations and great kings will make slaves of the people of Babylon, and I will pay them back for what they have done.”

Jeremiah 27:22

They will be taken to Babylon and stay there until I come for them, declares the Lord. I will take them from there and bring them back to this place.”

Jeremiah 27:7

All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until Babylon is defeated. Then many nations and great kings will make him their slave.

Jeremiah 29:10

This is what the Lord says: When Babylon’s 70 years are over, I will come to you. I will keep my promise to you and bring you back to this place.

Ezekiel 35:9

I will turn you into a permanent wasteland. Your cities will not be lived in. Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Daniel 9:2

In the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, learned from the Scriptures the number of years that Jerusalem would remain in ruins. The Lord had told the prophet Jeremiah that Jerusalem would remain in ruins for 70 years.

Habakkuk 1:17

Will they keep on emptying their nets and always kill nations without mercy?