Jeremiah 25:11
Context25:11 This whole area 1 will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years.’ 2
Jeremiah 28:3
Context28:3 Before two years are over, I will bring back to this place everything that King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon took from it and carried away to Babylon.
1 tn Heb “All this land.”
2 sn It should be noted that the text says that the nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years, not that they will lie desolate for seventy years. Though several proposals have been made for dating this period, many ignore this fact. This most likely refers to the period beginning with Nebuchadnezzar’s defeat of Pharaoh Necho at Carchemish in 605