12 “‘But when 70 years have been fulfilled,+ I will call to account* the king of Babylon and that nation for their error,’+ declares Jehovah, ‘and I will make the land of the Chal·deʹans a desolate wasteland for all time.+

43 Her cities have become an object of horror, a waterless land and a desert.

A land where no one will live and where no man will pass through.+

64 Then say, ‘This is how Babylon will sink down and never rise again+ because of the calamity that I am bringing on her; and they will grow weary.’”+

Down to this point are the words of Jeremiah.