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21 The land of Judah became an empty desert and stayed that way for 70 years. All this time the land rested to make up for the Sabbath rests[a] that the people had not kept. This is just what the Lord said would happen in the warning he gave through the prophet Jeremiah.[b]

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  1. 2 Chronicles 36:21 Sabbath rests The Law said that every seventh year the land was not to be farmed. See Lev. 25:1-7.
  2. 2 Chronicles 36:21 warning … Jeremiah See Jer. 25:11; 29:10.

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