These nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years

Jeremiah 25:1-14

The word came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.

And though the Lord has sent all his servants the prophets to you again and again, you have not listened or paid any attention. They said, “Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and your evil practices, and you can stay in the land the Lord gave to you and your ancestors for ever and ever. Do not follow other gods to serve and worship them; do not arouse my anger with what your hands have made. Then I will not harm you.”

“But you did not listen to me,” declares the Lord, “and you have aroused my anger with what your hands have made, and you have brought harm to yourselves.”

I will banish from them the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of bride and bridegroom, the sound of millstones and the light of the lamp. This whole country will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.

But when the seventy years are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon and his nation, the land of the Babylonians, for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate forever. I will bring on that land all the things I have spoken against it, all that are written in this book and prophesied by Jeremiah against all the nations. They themselves will be enslaved by many nations and great kings; I will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands.

Why?

The Lord is full of love and with patient his people. Sent many servants and the prophets, again and again, to warn them to turn away from their evil practices. but they did not listen.

So the Lord will make their land desolate for seventy years. After seventy years the Lord will bring them back and enslave Babylon with many nations. God will repay them according to their deeds and the work of their hands. The Lord is righteous to every country.

Seventy years let the people of Isreal return from their evil deeds, seventy years is another generation from the slave country. But the Lord keeps his people could be alive and know the Lord from their hearts.

How?

Everything is under the control of the Lord, but the Lord also give gift and punishment to every one according to their deeds.