Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Summary
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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Jeremiah 29:10
This is what Jehovah says: 'When Babylon's seventy years are over I will come to you. I will keep my promise to you and bring you back to this place.
2 Kings 24:1
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded Judah. Jehoiakim king of Judah was forced to serve him for three years. Then he rebelled and fought against him.
Ezra 1:1
It was the first year of Cyrus, king of Persia. In order that the word of Jehovah (YHWH) given by the mouth of Jeremiah might come true, Jehovah moved the spirit of Cyrus, king of Persia. He made a public statement through all his kingdom, and put it in writing, saying:
Daniel 9:2
It was the first year of his reign. I, Daniel, understood from The Books (Holy Scriptures) the number of the years in the word of Jehovah to Jeremiah the prophet. It was seventy years since the destruction of Jerusalem.
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Jeremiah 25:14
Many nations and great kings will make slaves of the people of Babylon. I will pay them back for what they have done.'
Deuteronomy 32:35
Vengeance and retribution belong to me. (Vengeance is mine, I will repay.) Their foot shall slide in time, for the day of their calamity is at hand. The things to come on them come quickly.
Punish
Jeremiah 23:2
This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says concerning the shepherds who are tending my people: You have scattered my flock and driven them away. You have not attended to them. I am about to attend to you for the evil of your deeds, says Jehovah.
Perpetual
Jeremiah 50:3
A nation has come up against her out of the north. It will make her land an object of horror. There will be no inhabitant in it. Both man and beast wander off. They have gone away!
Jeremiah 51:25
I am against you, Babylon, you destructive mountain. You have destroyed the whole earth, declares Jehovah. I will use my power against you and roll you off the cliffs, and make you a scorched mountain.
Isaiah 13:19
Babylon, the beauty (honor) (glory) of kingdoms, the majesty of Chaldean pride, will be overthrew by God like Sodom and Gomorrah.
Isaiah 14:23
I will turn Babylon into a marsh. Porcupines will live there. I will sweep Babylon with a broom that will sweep everything away. I, the Sovereign Lord Jehovah have spoken.
Isaiah 15:6
The Brook of Nimrim is dry, the grass beside it has withered, and nothing green is left.
Isaiah 47:1
Come down and sit in the dust, O virgin daughter of Babylon. Sit on the ground without a throne, O daughter of the Chaldeans! For you will no longer be called tender and delicate.
Ezekiel 35:9
I will make you an everlasting desolation! Your cities will not be inhabited. Then you will know that I am Jehovah!'
General references
Deuteronomy 30:7
Jehovah your God will inflict all these curses on your enemies and on those who hate you and who persecute you.
Jeremiah 30:16
That is why everyone who devours you will be devoured, and all your enemies will be taken away as captives. Those who looted you will be looted. Those who stole from you in war will have things stolen from them.
Jeremiah 50:39
That is why desert animals will live with hyenas. Desert owls will also live there. It will no longer be inhabited or lived in for generations.