Jeremiah 25:11

Hebrew Bible

10 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness and the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses. 11 This whole area will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for 70 years.’ 12 “‘But when the seventy years are over, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation for their sins. I will make the land of Babylon an everlasting ruin. I, the Lord, affirm it! 13 I will bring on that land everything that I said I would. I will bring on it everything that is written in this book. I will bring on it everything that Jeremiah has prophesied against all the nations.

Letter of Jeremiah 1:3

Deuterocanon

1 A copy of a letter that Jeremiah sent to those who were to be taken to Babylon as exiles by the king of the Babylonians, to give them the message that God had commanded him. 2 Because of the sins that you have committed before God, you will be taken to Babylon as exiles by Nebuchadnezzar, king of the Babylonians. 3 Therefore when you have come to Babylon you will remain there for many years, for a long time, up to seven generations; after that I will bring you away from there in peace. 4 Now in Babylon you will see gods made of silver and gold and wood, which people carry on their shoulders, and which cause the heathen to fear. 5 So beware of becoming at all like the foreigners or of letting fear for these gods possess you

 Notes and References

"... The prophecy in Jeremiah 25 dated to the first year of Nebuchadrezzar, speaks of destroying Judah and the surrounding nations ... (25:11-12; see verse 18 for making Jerusalem and the towns of Judah 'a desolation and a waste'). The other seventy-year prophecy occurs in the letter Jeremiah sent to the le exiled from Jerusalem to Babylon ... compare the Epistle of Jeremiah 3 ..."

VanderKam, James C. "Uses of Earlier Literature in Some Second Temple Texts" in Flint, Peter W., et al. (eds.) Scribal Practice, Text and Canon in the Dead Sea Scrolls: Essays in Memory of Peter W. Flint (p. 135–152) Brill, 2019

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