Footnotes

1. 2 Chronicles 36:15 tn Heb “fathers.”
2. 2 Chronicles 36:15 tn Heb “and the Lord God of their fathers sent against them by the hand of his messengers, getting up early and sending.”
3. 2 Chronicles 36:16 tn Heb “his words.”
4. 2 Chronicles 36:16 tn All three verbal forms (“mocked,” “despised,” and “ridiculed”) are active participles in the Hebrew text, indicating continual or repeated action. They made a habit of rejecting God’s prophetic messengers.
5. 2 Chronicles 36:16 tn Heb “until the anger of the Lord went up against his people until there was no healer.”
6. 2 Chronicles 36:17 tn Heb “killed with the sword.”
7. 2 Chronicles 36:17 tn Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”
8. 2 Chronicles 36:17 tn Or “show compassion to.”
9. 2 Chronicles 36:17 tn Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
10. 2 Chronicles 36:21 tn Heb “by the mouth of Jeremiah.”
11. 2 Chronicles 36:21 tn The verb may be seen as either of two homophonous roots רָצָה (ratsah) meaning “to restore” or “to accept, take pleasure in.”
12. 2 Chronicles 36:21 sn According to Lev 25:4, the land was to remain uncultivated every seventh year. Lev 26:33-35 warns that the land would experience a succession of such sabbatical rests if the people disobeyed God, for he would send them away into exile.
13. 2 Chronicles 36:21 tn Heb “days of.”
14. 2 Chronicles 36:21 sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11. Cyrus’ edict (see vv. 22-23) occurred about fifty years after the fall of Jerusalem in 586 b.c., which is most naturally understood as the beginning point of the “days of desolation” mentioned in v. 21. The number “seventy” is probably used in a metaphorical sense, indicating a typical lifetime and suggesting a thorough or complete judgment that would not be lifted until an entirely new generation emerged.