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.
And Babylon, the jewel of the kingdoms, the glory of the pride of the Chaldeans, will be overthrown by God like Sodom an
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremi
For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise
“I will make her a place for owls and for swamplands; I will sweep her away with the broom of destruction,” declares the
This is the word that the LORD spoke through Jeremiah the prophet concerning Babylon and the land of the Chaldeans:
and say, ‘O LORD, You have promised to cut off this place so that no one will remain—neither man nor beast. Indeed, it w
During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded. So Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, until
After this I saw another angel descending from heaven with great authority, and the earth was illuminated by his glory.
I will stand at my guard post and station myself on the ramparts. I will watch to see what He will say to me, and how I
The waters of Nimrim are dried up, and the grass is withered; the vegetation is gone, and the greenery is no more.
For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the
I will make you a perpetual desolation, and your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Therefore this is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says about the shepherds who tend My people: “You have scattered My
Later, King Belshazzar held a great feast for a thousand of his nobles, and he drank wine with them.
Before the year that the chief commander, sent by Sargon king of Assyria, came to Ashdod and attacked and captured it,
Vengeance is Mine; I will repay. In due time their foot will slip; for their day of disaster is near, and their doom is
This is the burden against Babylon that Isaiah son of Amoz received:
Bel crouches; Nebo cowers. Their idols weigh down beasts and cattle. The images you carry are burdensome, a load to the
In the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, to fulfill the word of the LORD spoken through Jeremiah, the LORD stirred the
Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” dec