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Evidence for the Divine Inspiration of the Bible 13 Old Testament Prophecies Episode

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Today on the Youth Apologetics Training podcast we will look at two prophecy filled passages from the Old Testament that, once again show the divine inspiration of the Bible.
Jeremiah prophesies about seventy years
Jeremiah 25:10-12 Moreover I will take from them the voice of mirth, 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 candle. (11) And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. (12) And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith the LORD, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans, and will make it perpetual desolations.

This specific prophecy has several predictions:
1. This land (Judah) shall be a desolation and an astonishment.
2. These nations would serve the King of Babylon
3. For seventy years
4. After the seventy year period, Babylon and her king would punished.
Babylon destroyed and made desolate, Judah and took most her people captive in 586 B.C. The sound of mirth and gladness had ceased from the land of Israel for seventy years as the Israelites served the king of Babylon.
Seventy year Babylonian empire
The seventy years here speaks both of the seventy year reign of the Babylonian empire as well as the seventy year captivity of the Israelites. The reign of the Babylonian empire started in 609 B.C. after they defeated the Assyrians and came to a close in 539 B.C. when Cyrus conquered Babylon.
Seventy year captivity for the Israelites
This seventy year period is often calculated

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Aug 1, 2012
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Isaiah 44:24; Jeremiah 25:11
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