Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation And so what the LORD had foretold through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled: "The land will lie desolate for seventy years, to make up for the Sabbath rest that has not been observed." New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, and the land might keep her sabbaths: for all the days of the desolation she kept a sabbath, till the seventy years were expired. To fulfil Jeremiah 25:9,12 Behold I will send, and take all the kindreds of the north, saith the Lord, and Nabuchodonosor the king of Babylon my servant: and I will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all the nations that are round about it: and I will destroy them, and make them an astonishment and a hissing, and perpetual desolations. . . . Jeremiah 26:6,7 I will make this house like Silo: and I will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth. . . . Jeremiah 27:12,13 And I spoke to Sedecias the king of Juda according to all these words, saying: Bend down your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him, and his people, and you shall live. . . . Jeremiah 29:10 For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again to this place. Daniel 9:2 The first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by books the number of the years, concerning which the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, the prophet, that seventy years should be accomplished of the desolation of Jerusalem. Zechariah 1:4-6 Be not as your fathers, to whom the former prophets have cried, saying: Thus saith the Lord of hosts: Turn ye from your evil ways, and from your wicked thoughts: but they did not give ear, neither did they hearken to me, saith the Lord. . . . until the land Leviticus 25:4-6 But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the land, of the resting of the Lord. Thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. . . . Leviticus 26:34,35,43 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths all the days of her desolation. When you shall be . . . Zechariah 1:12 And the angel of the Lord answered, and said: O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem, and on the cities of Juda, with which thou hast been angry? this is now the seventieth year. Context The Fall of Jerusalem…20Whosoever escaped the sword, was led into Babylon, and there served the king and his sons, till the reign of the king of Persia, 21That the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremias might be fulfilled, and the land might keep her sabbaths: for all the days of the desolation she kept a sabbath, till the seventy years were expired. Cross References Leviticus 25:4 But in the seventh year there shall be a sabbath to the land, of the resting of the Lord. Thou shalt not sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard. Leviticus 26:34 Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths all the days of her desolation. When you shall be Jeremiah 1:1 The words of Jeremiah the son of Helcias, of the priests that were in Anathoth, in the land of Benjamin. Jeremiah 25:11 And all this land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment: and all these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years. Jeremiah 29:10 For thus saith the Lord: When the seventy years shall begin to be accomplished in Babylon, I will visit you: and I will perform my good word in your favour, to bring you again to this place. Daniel 9:2 The first year of his reign I, Daniel, understood by books the number of the years, concerning which the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, the prophet, that seventy years should be accomplished of the desolation of Jerusalem. Jump to Previous Complete Completed Desolate Desolation Enjoyed Fulfil Fulfill Fulfillment Jeremiah Kept Lay Mouth Paid Pleasure Rested Rests Sabbath Sabbaths Seventy Ten Threescore Time True. Waste Word WordsJump to Next Complete Completed Desolate Desolation Enjoyed Fulfil Fulfill Fulfillment Jeremiah Kept Lay Mouth Paid Pleasure Rested Rests Sabbath Sabbaths Seventy Ten Threescore Time True. Waste Word WordsLinks 2 Chronicles 36:21 NIV2 Chronicles 36:21 NLT 2 Chronicles 36:21 ESV 2 Chronicles 36:21 NASB 2 Chronicles 36:21 Bible Apps 2 Chronicles 36:21 Biblia Paralela 2 Chronicles 36:21 Chinese Bible 2 Chronicles 36:21 French Bible 2 Chronicles 36:21 German Bible Alphabetical: all by complete completed days desolation enjoyed fulfill fulfillment had in it its Jeremiah kept land LORD mouth of rested rests sabbath sabbaths seventy spoken The time to until were word years OT History: 2 Chronicles 36:21 To fulfill the word of Yahweh (2 Chron. 2Ch iiCh ii ch 2 chr 2chr) Bible Study Resources, Dictionary, Concordance and Search Tools |