Focused Passage

Jeremiah 25:12-14

Seventy Years for Babylon and the Cup of the LORD's Wrath

The chapter moves from Jeremiah's retrospective indictment of Judah's refusal to listen, to the seventy-year Babylonian judgment, to Babylon's later punishment, and finally to the cup of wrath poured out on Judah and all nations.

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12But 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.

13I will bring upon that land all the words I have pronounced against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

14For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”

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Verse 12

Original words

But whenוְהָיָ֣הH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularseventyשִׁבְעִ֣יםH7657Number - common pluralyearsשָׁנָ֡הH8141Noun - feminine singularare completeכִמְלֹ֣אותH4390Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive constructI will punishאֶפְקֹ֣דH6485Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular. . .עַל־H5921Prepositionthe kingמֶֽלֶךְ־H4428Noun - masculine singular constructof Babylonבָּבֶל֩H894Noun - proper - feminine singular. . .וְעַל־H5921Conjunctive waw | Prepositionand thatהַה֧וּאH1931Article | Pronoun - third person masculine singularnationהַגּ֨וֹיH1471Article | Noun - masculine singularthe landאֶ֣רֶץH776Noun - feminine singular constructof the Chaldeansכַּשְׂדִּ֑יםH3778Noun - proper - masculine pluralfor their guiltעֲוֺנָ֖םH5771Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural. . .וְעַל־H5921Conjunctive waw | Prepositiondeclaresנְאֻם־H5002Noun - masculine singular constructthe LORDיְהוָ֛הH3068Noun - proper - masculine singularאֶת־אֶת־H853Direct object markerand I will makeוְשַׂמְתִּ֥יH7760Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularitאֹת֖וֹH853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularan everlastingעוֹלָֽם׃H5769Noun - masculine singulardesolationלְשִֽׁמְמ֥וֹתH8077Preposition-l | Noun - feminine plural construct

BSB notes

  • That is, the Babylonians
Verse 13

Original words

I will bringוְהֵבֵאיתִיH935Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularuponעַל־H5921Prepositionthatהַהִ֔יאH1931Article | Pronoun - third person feminine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerlandהָאָ֣רֶץH776Article | Noun - feminine singularallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe wordsדְּבָרַ֖יH1697Noun - masculine plural construct | first person common singularאֲשֶׁר־אֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativeI have pronouncedדִּבַּ֣רְתִּיH1696Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singularagainst itעָלֶ֑יהָH5921Preposition | third person feminine singular-אֵ֤תH853Direct object markerallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthat is writtenהַכָּתוּב֙H3789Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singularin thisהַזֶּ֔הH2088Article | Pronoun - masculine singularbookבַּסֵּ֣פֶרH5612Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singularwhichאֲשֶׁר־H834Pronoun - relativeJeremiahיִרְמְיָ֖הוּH3414Noun - proper - masculine singularhas prophesiedנִבָּ֥אH5012Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singularagainstעַל־H5921Prepositionallכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructthe nationsהַגּוֹיִֽם׃H1471Article | Noun - masculine plural
Verse 14

Original words

Forכִּ֣יH3588Conjunctionmanyרַבִּ֔יםH7227Adjective - masculine pluralnationsגּוֹיִ֣םH1471Noun - masculine pluraland greatגְּדוֹלִ֑יםH1419Adjective - masculine pluralkingsוּמְלָכִ֖יםH4428Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine pluralwill enslaveעָֽבְדוּ־H5647Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common pluralגַּם־גַּם־H1571Conjunctionthemהֵ֙מָּה֙H1992Pronoun - third person masculine pluraland I will repayוְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֥יH7999Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularthemלָהֶ֛םPreposition | third person masculine pluralaccording to their deedsכְּפָעֳלָ֖םH6467Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine pluraland according to the workוּכְמַעֲשֵׂ֥הH4639Conjunctive waw, Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructof their handsיְדֵיהֶֽם׃סH3027Noun - feminine dual construct | third person masculine plural

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