62 and say, ‘O Lord, you have said concerning this place that you will cut it off, so ^xthat nothing shall dwell in it, neither man nor beast, and it shall be ^ydesolate forever.’

12 Then after ^useventy years are completed, ^vI will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, ^vthe land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, declares the Lord, ^vmaking the land an everlasting waste.