21 (A)to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until (B)the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. (C)All the days of its desolation it kept the Sabbath [a](D)until seventy years were complete.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:21 Lit to fulfill seventy years

21 The land enjoyed its sabbath rests;(A) all the time of its desolation it rested,(B) until the seventy years(C) were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.

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Cyrus’ Proclamation

(A)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he (B)sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:

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Cyrus Helps the Exiles to Return(A)

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

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11 (A)This entire land will be a place of ruins and an object of horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for (B)seventy years.

Babylon Will Be Judged

12 ‘Then it will be (C)when seventy years are completed I will (D)punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares the Lord, ‘for their wrongdoing, and the land of the Chaldeans; and (E)I will make it an everlasting desolation.

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11 This whole country will become a desolate wasteland,(A) and these nations will serve(B) the king of Babylon seventy years.(C)

12 “But when the seventy years(D) are fulfilled, I will punish the king of Babylon(E) and his nation, the land of the Babylonians,[a] for their guilt,” declares the Lord, “and will make it desolate(F) forever.

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  1. Jeremiah 25:12 Or Chaldeans

10 “For this is what the Lord says: ‘When (A)seventy years have been completed for Babylon, I will visit you and fulfill My (B)good word to you, to bring you back to this place.

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10 This is what the Lord says: “When seventy years(A) are completed for Babylon, I will come to you(B) and fulfill my good promise(C) to bring you back(D) to this place.

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“Say to all the people of the land and to the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months [a]these (A)seventy years, was it actually for (B)Me that you fasted?

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Footnotes

  1. Zechariah 7:5 Lit and this

“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted(A) and mourned in the fifth and seventh(B) months for the past seventy years,(C) was it really for me that you fasted?

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