Jeremiah 25:11
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
American King James Version (AKJV)
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
American Standard Version (ASV)
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
All this land will be a waste and a cause of wonder; and these nations will be the servants of the king of Babylon for seventy years.
Webster's Revision
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
World English Bible
This whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
English Revised Version (ERV)
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Clarke's Jeremiah 25:11 Bible Commentary
Shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years - As this prophecy was delivered in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, and in the first of Nebuchadnezzar, and began to be accomplished in the same year, (for then Nebuchadnezzar invaded Judea, and took Jerusalem), seventy years from this time will reach down to the first year of Cyrus, when he made his proclamation for the restoration of the Jews, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem. See the note on Isaiah 13:19 (note), where the subject is farther considered in relation to the reign of Nebuchadnezzar, and the city of Babylon.
Barnes's Jeremiah 25:11 Bible Commentary
Seventy years - The duration of the Babylonian empire was really a little short of this period. But the 70 years are usually calculated down to the time when the Jews were permitted to return to their country (compare Jeremiah 29:10).