"I have been saying these prophecies for 23 years and you still aren't listening!" says Jeremiah. Since you still won't change your ways, Babylon will come and destroy you and all your friends and allies. However, the cycle of history will go on. Babylon's cruelty will also be repaid. After 70 years they will get punished too. Until all the nations of the world learn to stop the cycle of violence, God's cycle of punishments will not stop.