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2 Chronicles 36:21 KJV
2 Chronicles · chapter 36 · verse 21 · King James Version
To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.2 Chronicles 36:21 · King James Version
2 Chronicles 36:21 in context
19And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
20And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:
21To fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
22Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,
23Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia, All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me; and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Who is there among you of all his people? The LORD his God be with him, and let him go up.
Cross references
Key words (Strong's)
- JeremiahYirmᵉyâhJirmejah, the name of eight or nine IsraelitesH3414 →
- sabbathsshabbâthintermission, i.e the SabbathH7676 →
- desolateshâmêmto stunH8074 →
- enjoyedrâtsâhto be pleased withH7521 →
- sabbathshâbathto reposeH7673 →
- fulfilmâlêʼto fill or be full of, in a wide applicationH4390 →
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