Jeremiah 25: Seventy Years and the Cup of Wrath

Jeremiah reminds Judah that it ignored twenty-three years of warnings, so the LORD will send Nebuchadnezzar, His servant, and Babylon will rule the nations for seventy years before it is punished in turn. Jeremiah then passes the cup of God’s wrath to Jerusalem and the nations, and the rulers are called to lament.

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Babylon was the nation God used to judge Judah. Why did the LORD say He would also punish Babylon (Jeremiah 25:12-14)?

Because it had worshiped the LORD once and then turned awayBecause of its own guilt, repaid according to its deeds and worksBecause it had refused to accept Jeremiah as its own prophetBecause it had failed to defeat Judah as quickly as God commanded