11 p This whole land shall become a ruin and a waste, and t these nations shall serve the king of Babylon u seventy years.
14 For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: I have put upon the neck of all these nations c an iron yoke to serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, d and they shall serve him, e for I have given to him even the beasts of the field.’”
3 Send word [1] to the king of e Edom, the king of e Moab, the king of the sons of e Ammon, the king of e Tyre, and the king of Sidon by the hand of the envoys who have come to Jerusalem to Zedekiah king of Judah. 4 Give them this charge for their masters: ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: This is what you shall say to your masters: 5 “It is I who f by my great power and my outstretched arm g have made the earth, with the men and animals that are on the earth, h and I give it to whomever it seems right to me. 6 i Now I have given all these lands into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon, j my servant, k and I have given him also the beasts of the field to serve him.
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