12 “‘But when 70 years have been fulfilled,+ I will call to account* the king of Babylon and that nation for their error,’+ declares Jehovah, ‘and I will make the land of the Chal·deʹans a desolate wasteland for all time.+

50 The word that Jehovah spoke concerning Babylon,+ concerning the land of the Chal·deʹans, through Jeremiah the prophet:

 2 “Declare it among the nations and proclaim it.

Raise a signal* and proclaim it.

Do not hide anything!

Say, ‘Babylon has been captured.+

Bel has been put to shame.+

Merʹo·dach has become terrified.

Her images have been put to shame.

Her disgusting idols* have become terrified.’

 3 For a nation has come against her from the north.+

2 And he cried out with a strong voice, saying: “She has fallen! Babylon the Great has fallen,+ and she has become a dwelling place of demons and a place where every unclean spirit* and every unclean and hated bird lurks!+