11 This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon ^vseventy years. 12 Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste.

10 “For thus says the Lord: ^lWhen ^mseventy years are completed for Babylon, ⁿI will visit you, and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place.