While nearby nations would also suffer Babylon’s wrath, the destruction of Jerusalem and the 70 - year exile to follow were called by Jeremiah “the punishment of my people, ” for Jerusalem had“ sinned greatly. ” ​ — Lamentations 1: 8; 3: 42; 4: 6, NIV.
სასჯელი უწოდა “, რადგან იერუსალიმმა„ მძიმედ შესცოდა “.