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Jeremiah 25:11

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

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וְהָֽיְתָה֙vehayetahand beהָיָהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, feminine, singular — “and be”, a completed action in a sequenceH1961to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.כָּלkalallכֹּלnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “all”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH3605properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)(in) all (manner, (ye)), altogether, any (manner), enough, every (one, place, thing), howsoever, as many as, (no-) thing, ought, whatsoever, (the) whole, whoso(-ever).הָאָ֣רֶץhaaretsthe earthאֶרֶץdefinite article, noun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “the earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.הַזֹּ֔אתhazotthe thisזֹאתdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, feminine, singular — “the this”H2063this (often used adverb)hereby (-in, -with), it, likewise, the one (other, same), she, so (much), such (deed), that, therefore, these, this (thing), thus.לְחָרְבָּ֖הlecharebahto decayed placeחׇרְבָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to decayed place”, the ordinary formH2723properly, drought, i.e. (by implication) a desolationdecayed place, desolate (place, -tion), destruction, (laid) waste (place).לְשַׁמָּ֑הleshamahto astonishmentשַׁמָּהpreposition, noun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “to astonishment”, the ordinary formH8047ruin; by implication, consternationastonishment, desolate(-ion), waste, wonderful thing.וְעָ֨בְד֜וּveavedvand keep in bondageעָבַדconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, common, plural — “and keep in bondage”, a completed action in a sequenceH5647to work (in any sense); by implication, to serve, till, (causatively) enslave, etc.[idiom] be, keep in bondage, be bondmen, bond-service, compel, do, dress, ear, execute, [phrase] husbandman, keep, labour(-ing man, bring to pass, (cause to, make to) serve(-ing, self), (be, become) servant(-s), do (use) service, till(-er)…הַגּוֹיִ֥םhagoyimthe Gentileגּוֹיdefinite article, noun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “the Gentile”, the ordinary formH1471a foreign nation; hence, a Gentile; also (figuratively) a troop of animals, or a flight of locustsGentile, heathen, nation, people.הָאֵ֛לֶּהhaelehthe theseאֵלֶּהdefinite article, pronoun, demonstrative, common, plural — “the these”H428these or thosean-(the) other; one sort, so, some, such, them, these (same), they, this, those, thus, which, who(-m).אֶתetobject markerאֵתparticle, direct object marker — “object marker”H853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)(as such unrepresented in English).מֶ֥לֶךְmelekhkingמֶלֶךְnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “king”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH4428a kingking, royal.בָּבֶ֖לbavelBabelבָּבֶלnoun, proper name — “Babel”H894Babel (i.e. Babylon), including Babylonia and the Babylonian empireBabel, Babylon.שִׁבְעִ֥יםshivimseventyשִׁבְעִיםadjective, cardinal, both genders, plural, absolute — “seventy”, the ordinary formH7657seventyseventy, threescore and ten ([phrase] -teen).שָׁנָֽהshanahyearשָׁנֶהnoun, common, feminine, singular, absolute — “year”, the ordinary formH8141a year (as a revolution of time)[phrase] whole age, [idiom] long, [phrase] old, year([idiom] -ly).

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and a waste; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

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American Standard Version (1901)

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Young’s Literal Translation

And all this land hath been for a waste, for an astonishment, and these nations have served the king of Babylon seventy years.

World English Bible

This whole land will be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations will serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Darby Translation

And this whole land shall become a waste, an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Douay-Rheims

And all this land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment: and all these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

And this whole land shall be a desolation, and a waste; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

And all the land shall be a desolation; and they shall serve among the Gentiles seventy years.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Καὶ ἔσται πᾶσα ἡ γῆ εἰς ἀφανισμὸν, καὶ δουλεύσουσιν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἑβδομήκοντα ἔτη.