Jeremiah the prophet had spoken already for 23 years regarding the Words of Yahuah to the people and leaders of Judah but they still did not listen Jeremiah 25:3.
Jeremiah prophesied about Judah's punishment and captivity for many years before the actual destruction happened. Yahuah sent His prophets to give warning of repentance before the actual destruction is to take place. Jeremiah spoke from early mornings for 23 years to the people to turn away from their sins but they did not hear.
Jeremiah 25:4-5 And Yahuah has sent to you all His servants the prophets, rising early and sending, but you have not listened nor bowed your ear to hear ,saying, now turn each one from his evil way and from the evil of your doings, and live on the land which Yahuah has given to you and to your fathers from forever even to forever.
Jeremiah 25:6 And do not go after other gods to serve them and to worship them, and do not provoke Me to anger with the works of your hands; and I will do you no harm.
Three times in Chapter 25 Jeremiah is saying “They have not listened/hear/obey” (verse 4, 7 & 8).
Yahuah says, because you did not obey My words, punishment (judgement) will come upon you.
The punishment
Jeremiah 25:9-10 behold! I will send and take all the families of the north, says Yahuah, and Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon, My servant; and I will bring them against this land, and against those living in it, and against all these nations all around. And I will completely destroy them, and make them a horror, and a hissing, and everlasting ruins. And I will take from them the voice of rejoicing, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the sound of the millstones, and the light of the lamp.
The voice of the bride and bridegroom will never be heard in Babylon again; this was the punishment of Judah that was transferred to Babylon who caused Israel's woes - Revelation 18:23.
Jeremiah 25:11 And this whole land shall be a waste and a horror; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Judah (the land) and Jerusalem (the city) shall be destroyed for 70 years and then Babylon will be destroyed forever after these 70 years have passed (Jeremiah 25:12-14).
In Jeremiah 25:15-28, Yahuah instructs Jeremiah via a parable (Wine cup of wrath) of all the nations that will be judged and punished.They will be drunk and vomit.
Jeremiah 25:33 says the whole earth shall be punished.
Now my question is; are these 70 years of punishment completed? If so, then another punishment will happen later according to Jeremiah 25:30-38 (describing this worldwide judgment) or is this still part of the 70 years.
How does Yahuah see time, days or years? Two verses that say something about 1000 years.
Psalm 90:4 For a thousand years in Your eyes are like yesterday that has past, or like a watch in the night.
2 Peter 3:8 But, beloved ones, let not this one matter be hidden from you: that with Yahuah one day is as a thousand years, and a thousand years as one day.
Will the devil be locked-up for 1000 years or 1 day and will Messiah reign on earth for 1000 years or 1 day?
Throughout scripture it speaks many events happening in “one day.’ Example it states in one verse that destruction shall come in one day. Is this actually 1 day or 1000 years or even something else like 10 days.
Is these 70 years actually 70 days or is it 70 000 years or as written 70 years. I’m only thinking out loud.
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