The Rev. Dr. Jack Baca, Senior Pastor
Jeremiah 25:8-12 & 29:10-14 (New Revised Standard Version)
Jeremiah 25:8-12Therefore, thus says the Lord of hosts:
Because you have not obeyed my words, I am going to send for all the tribes of the north, says the Lord,
even for King Nebuchadrezzar of Babylon, my servant, and I will bring them against this land
and its inhabitants, and against all these nations around;
I will utterly destroy them, and make them an object of horror and of hissing, and an everlasting disgrace.
And I will banish from them the sound of mirth and the sound of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom
and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones and the light of the lamp.
This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste,
and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Then after seventy years are completed, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation,
the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity, says the Lord, making the land an everlasting waste.
Jeremiah 29:10-14For thus says the Lord: Only when Babylon's seventy years are completed will I visit you,
and I will fulfill to you my promise and bring you back to this place.
For surely I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord, plans for your welfare and not for harm,
to give you a future with hope.
Then when you call upon me and come and pray to me, I will hear you.
When you search for me, you will find me; if you seek me with all your heart,
I will let you find me, says the Lord, and I will restore your fortunes and gather you from all the nations
and all the places where I have driven you, says the Lord, and I will bring you back to the place
from which I sent you into exile.