25:8 “Therefore, the Lord who rules over all 1 says, ‘You have not listened to what I said. 2 25:9 So I, the Lord, affirm that 3 I will send for all the peoples of the north 4 and my servant, 5 King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon. I will bring them against this land and its inhabitants and all the nations that surround it. I will utterly destroy 6 this land, its inhabitants, and all the nations that surround it 7 and make them everlasting ruins. 8 I will make them objects of horror and hissing scorn. 9 25:10 I will put an end to the sounds of joy and gladness, to the glad celebration of brides and grooms in these lands. 10 I will put an end to the sound of people grinding meal. I will put an end to lamps shining in their houses. 11 25:11 This whole area 12 will become a desolate wasteland. These nations will be subject to the king of Babylon for seventy years.’ 13