1 Esdras 1:55

CEB

who said, “Until the land has enjoyed its sabbath rest, it will remain untouched, after its destruction, for seventy years.”

NRSVA

They burned the house of the Lord, broke down the walls of Jerusalem, burned their towers with fire,

NRSVUE

saying, “Until the land has enjoyed its Sabbaths, it shall keep Sabbath all the time of its desolation until the completion of seventy years.”

RSV

And they burned the house of the Lord and broke down the walls of Jerusalem and burned their towers with fire,

WYC

And they burned up the house of the Lord, and destroyed the walls of Jerusalem, and they burned (up) his (or its) towers with fire.

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