And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation,
says the LORD,
for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Punish. Literally, visit upon. (Challoner)
Cyrus overturned the monarchy, and the city was ruined by degrees, Isaias xiii., and xiv., and xxi. 1., and Ezechiel i. 5. (Calmet)