Jeremiah

Jeremiah 25:12

¹²But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans,^d for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting desolation.

Footnotes

d 25:12 That is, the Babylonians

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But when	וְהָיָ֣ה	wə·hā·yāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular	H1961 fall out, come to pass, become, be
seventy	שִׁבְעִ֣ים	šiḇ·‘îm	Number - common plural	H7657 seventy
years	שָׁנָ֡ה	šā·nāh	Noun - feminine singular	H8141 year
are complete	כִמְלֹ֣אות	ḵim·lō·wṯ	Preposition-k; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H4390 be full, fill
I will punish	אֶפְקֹ֣ד	’ep̄·qōḏ	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common singular	H6485 attend to, visit, muster, appoint
the king	מֶֽלֶךְ־	me·leḵ-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H4428 king
of Babylon	בָּבֶל֩	bā·ḇel	Noun - proper - feminine singular	H894 Babel, Babylon
and that	הַה֧וּא	ha·hū	Article; Pronoun - third person masculine singular	H1931 he, she
nation	הַגּ֨וֹי	hag·gō·w	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H1471 nation, people
the land	אֶ֣רֶץ	’e·reṣ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H776 earth, land
of the Chaldeans	כַּשְׂדִּ֑ים	kaś·dîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H3778 Chaldean
for their guilt	עֲוֺנָ֖ם	‘ă·wō·nām	Noun - common singular construct; third person masculine plural	H5771 iniquity, guilt, or punishment of iniquity
declares	נְאֻם־	nə·’um-	Noun - masculine singular construct	H5002 utterance
the LORD	יְהוָ֛ה	Yah·weh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3068 Yahweh
and I will make	וְשַׂמְתִּ֥י	wə·śam·tî	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular	H7760 put, place, set
it	אֹת֖וֹ	’ō·ṯōw	Direct object marker; third person masculine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
an everlasting	עוֹלָֽם׃	‘ō·w·lām	Noun - masculine singular	H5769 long duration, antiquity, futurity
desolation	לְשִֽׁמְמ֥וֹת	lə·šim·mō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Noun - feminine plural construct	H8077 a devastation, waste

Cross-references

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Daniel 9:2 · Isaiah 13:19 · Jeremiah 29:10 · Jeremiah 51:62–64 · Jeremiah 50:1–46 · Isaiah 14:23

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.