20 没有被杀戮的人都被掳往巴比伦,做他和他子孙的奴隶,直到波斯帝国的时代。 21 这就应验了耶和华借耶利米之口所说的话:这片土地享受了安息,它在荒凉中守安息,直到满了七十年。

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22 波斯王塞鲁士元年,耶和华为了应验祂借耶利米所说的话,就感动波斯王塞鲁士,使他下诏通告全国:

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20 He carried into exile(A) to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants(B) to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. 21 The land enjoyed its sabbath rests;(C) all the time of its desolation it rested,(D) until the seventy years(E) were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.

22 In the first year of Cyrus(F) king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:

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