Study it in the app“And it will be, when seventy years are completed, I will visit upon the king of Babylon and upon that nation, declares YHWH, their iniquity, and upon the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it eternal desolations.”
And it will be,וְהָיָהwhenכִseventyשִׁבְעִיםyearsשָׁנָהare completed,מְלֹאותI will visitאֶפְקֹדupon the kingעַל מֶלֶךְof Babylonבָּבֶלand upon that nation,וְעַל הַגּוֹי הַהוּאdeclaresנְאֻםYHWH,יְהוָהtheir iniquity,אֶת עֲוֺנָםand upon the landוְעַל אֶרֶץof the Chaldeans;כַּשְׂדִּיםand I will makeוְשַׂמְתִּיitאֹתוֹeternalעוֹלָםdesolations.לְשִׁמְמוֹת
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “haya” appearsseventy
Seventy.
Where else “shivim” appearsyear
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appearsbe fulfilled
For a period to run out, or a word to come true.
Where else “melovt” appearspunish
To call to account, punish.
Where else “efkod” appearsking
A king who rules a people.
Where else “melech” appearsBabel, Babylon
See it on the mapWhere else “bavel” appearsnation
A people with their land; also Israel.
Where else “goy” appearsdeclaration
Solemn words God himself speaks: "oracle of YHWH".
Where else “neum” appearsYHWH
The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.
Where else “yehva” appearsiniquity
A serious wrong.
Where else “avona” appearsland
A region or nation, above all Israel's.
Where else “erets” appearsChaldean
The Chaldeans, or the Babylonians.
Where else “kasdim” appearsmake
To turn something into another: "I will turn him into a nation".
Where else “samti” appearsforever
Time without end, beyond what a lifetime can see.
Where else “olam” appearsdesolation
Desolation: a land left empty and uncultivated; also horror.
Where else “shimmot” appearsBabylon
Today: Babylon ruins, near Hillah, Iraq
A great city on the Euphrates River, in present-day Iraq, about 53 miles (85 km) south of Baghdad.
In its land the languages were confused at Babel (Gen 11:9). Nebuchadnezzar destroyed Jerusalem and took the people captive there (2 Kgs 25:1-11). Daniel lived there (Dan 1:1-6).
11And this whole land will become a ruin and a horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
12 · This verse (above)
13And I will bring upon that land all my words that I have spoken against it, all that is written in this book, which Jeremiah prophesied against all the nations.
