The Watchtower, “When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part One”
“Instead of saying 70 years “at Babylon,” many translations read “for Babylon.” (NIV) Some historians therefore claim that this 70-year period applies to the Babylonian Empire. … The Bible, however, shows that the 70 years were to be a period of severe punishment from God—aimed specifically at the people of Judah and Jerusalem, who were in a covenant to obey him.”
The organisation's own acknowledgement that most translations read 'for Babylon', and its answer: that the context of Jeremiah requires the seventy years to be a period of exile for Judah rather than a period of Babylonian supremacy. This article and its sequel are the fullest published defence of the 607 BCE date.
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Nota de confiança. Article opened in full on wol.jw.org on 19 September 2026; page marker 27 read from the page-number span within the passage quoted, and the article's own header gives 'w11 10/1 pp. 26-31'.
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Notes. This is the organisation's best counter-argument on Jeremiah 29:10 and must be quoted in full alongside the philological point.
Consultado em. 19 de setembro de 2026 · Identificador da fonte. src-nwtv-w11-1001-70years