Jeremiah 27:22
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22 ‘They shall be (A)carried to Babylon, and there they shall be until the day that I (B)visit them,’ says the Lord. ‘Then (C)I will bring them up and restore them to this place.’ ”
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Jeremiah 29:10
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10 For thus says the Lord: After (A)seventy years are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word toward you, and cause you to (B)return to this place.
Jeremiah 32:5
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5 then he shall (A)lead Zedekiah to Babylon, and there he shall be (B)until I visit him,” says the Lord; (C)“though you fight with the Chaldeans, you shall not succeed” ’?”
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Ezra 7:19
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19 Also the articles that are given to you for the service of the house of your God, deliver in full before the God of Jerusalem.
Jeremiah 25:11-12
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11 And this whole land shall be a desolation and an astonishment, and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy (A)years.
12 ‘Then it will come to pass, (B)when [a]seventy years are completed, that I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their iniquity,’ says the Lord; (C)‘and I will make it a perpetual desolation.
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- Jeremiah 25:12 Beginning circa 605 b.c. (2 Kin. 24:1) and ending circa 536 b.c. (Ezra 1:1)
Ezra 1:11
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11 All the articles of gold and silver were five thousand four hundred. All these Sheshbazzar took with the captives who were brought from Babylon to Jerusalem.
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Proverbs 21:30
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30 (A)There is no wisdom or understanding
Or counsel against the Lord.
Ezra 5:13-15
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13 However, in the first year of (A)Cyrus king of Babylon, King Cyrus issued a decree to build this [a]house of God. 14 Also, (B)the gold and silver articles of the house of God, which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple that was in Jerusalem and carried into the temple of Babylon—those King Cyrus took from the temple of Babylon, and they were given to (C)one named Sheshbazzar, whom he had made governor. 15 And he said to him, ‘Take these articles; go, carry them to the temple site that is in Jerusalem, and let the house of God be rebuilt on its former site.’
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- Ezra 5:13 Temple
Daniel 9:2
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2 in the first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by the books the number of the years specified by the word of the Lord through (A)Jeremiah the prophet, that He would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.
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Daniel 5:23
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23 (A)And you have [a]lifted yourself up against the Lord of heaven. They have brought the (B)vessels of [b]His house before you, and you and your lords, your wives and your concubines, have drunk wine from them. And you have praised the gods of silver and gold, bronze and iron, wood and stone, (C)which do not see or hear or know; and the God who holds your breath in His hand (D)and owns all your ways, you have not glorified.
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- Daniel 5:23 Exalted
- Daniel 5:23 The temple
Daniel 5:1-4
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Belshazzar’s Feast
5 Belshazzar the king (A)made a great feast for a thousand of his lords, and drank wine in the presence of the thousand. 2 While he tasted the wine, Belshazzar gave the command to bring the gold and silver vessels (B)which his [a]father Nebuchadnezzar had taken from the temple which had been in Jerusalem, that the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines might drink from them. 3 Then they brought the gold (C)vessels that had been taken from the temple of the house of God which had been in Jerusalem; and the king and his lords, his wives, and his concubines drank from them. 4 They drank wine, (D)and praised the gods of gold and silver, bronze and iron, wood and stone.
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- Daniel 5:2 Or ancestor
Jeremiah 52:17-21
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17 (A)The (B)bronze pillars that were in the house of the Lord, and the carts and the bronze Sea that were in the house of the Lord, the Chaldeans broke in pieces, and carried all their bronze to Babylon. 18 They also took away (C)the pots, the shovels, the trimmers, the [a]bowls, the spoons, and all the bronze utensils with which the priests ministered. 19 The basins, the firepans, the bowls, the pots, the lampstands, the spoons, and the cups, whatever was solid gold and whatever was solid silver, the captain of the guard took away. 20 The two pillars, one Sea, the twelve bronze bulls which were under it, and the carts, which King Solomon had made for the house of the Lord—(D)the bronze of all these articles was beyond measure. 21 Now concerning the (E)pillars: the height of one pillar was eighteen [b]cubits, a measuring line of twelve cubits could measure its circumference, and its thickness was [c]four fingers; it was hollow.
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- Jeremiah 52:18 basins
- Jeremiah 52:21 18 inches each
- Jeremiah 52:21 3 inches
Jeremiah 34:5
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5 You shall die in peace; as in (A)the ceremonies of your fathers, the former kings who were before you, (B)so they shall burn incense for you and (C)lament for you, saying, “Alas, lord!” For I have pronounced the word, says the Lord.’ ”
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Ezra 7:9
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9 On the first day of the first month he began his journey from Babylon, and on the first day of the fifth month he came to Jerusalem, (A)according to the good hand of his God upon him.
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Ezra 1:7-8
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7 (A)King Cyrus also brought out the articles of the house of the Lord, (B)which Nebuchadnezzar had taken from Jerusalem and put in the [a]temple of his gods; 8 and Cyrus king of Persia brought them out by the hand of Mithredath the treasurer, and counted them out to (C)Sheshbazzar the prince of Judah.
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- Ezra 1:7 Lit. house
2 Chronicles 36:21 - Ezra 1:5
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21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of (A)Jeremiah, until the land (B)had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate (C)she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
The Proclamation of Cyrus(D)
22 (E)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of (F)Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of (G)Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
23 (H)Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:
All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has commanded me to build Him a [a]house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. Who is among you of all His people? May the Lord his God be with him, and let him go up!
End of the Babylonian Captivity(I)
1 Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord (J)by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, (K)so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
2 Thus says Cyrus king of Persia:
All the kingdoms of the earth the Lord God of heaven has given me. And He has (L)commanded me to build Him a [b]house at Jerusalem which is in Judah. 3 Who is among you of all His people? May his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem which is in Judah, and build the house of the Lord God of Israel (M)(He is God), which is in Jerusalem. 4 And whoever is left in any place where he dwells, let the men of his place help him with silver and gold, with goods and livestock, besides the freewill offerings for the house of God which is in Jerusalem.
5 Then the heads of the fathers’ houses of Judah and Benjamin, and the priests and the Levites, with all whose spirits (N)God [c]had moved, arose to go up and build the house of the Lord which is in Jerusalem.
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- 2 Chronicles 36:23 Temple
- Ezra 1:2 Temple
- Ezra 1:5 stirred up
2 Chronicles 36:17-18
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17 (A)Therefore He brought against them the king of the Chaldeans, who (B)killed their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion on young man or virgin, on the aged or the weak; He gave them all into his hand. 18 (C)And all the articles from the house of God, great and small, the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king and of his leaders, all these he took to Babylon.
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2 Kings 24:13-17
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The Captivity of Jerusalem
13 (A)And he carried out from there all the treasures of the house of the Lord and the treasures of the king’s house, and he (B)cut in pieces all the articles of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, (C)as the Lord had said. 14 Also (D)he carried into captivity all Jerusalem: all the captains and all the mighty men of valor, (E)ten thousand captives, and (F)all the craftsmen and smiths. None remained except (G)the poorest people of the land. 15 And (H)he carried Jehoiachin captive to Babylon. The king’s mother, the king’s wives, his officers, and the mighty of the land he carried into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. 16 (I)All the valiant men, seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths, one thousand, all who were strong and fit for war, these the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.
Zedekiah Reigns in Judah(J)
17 Then (K)the king of Babylon made Mattaniah, (L)Jehoiachin’s[a] uncle, king in his place, and (M)changed his name to Zedekiah.
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- 2 Kings 24:17 Lit. his
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