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19 (A)And they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem and burned all its palaces with fire and destroyed all its precious vessels. 20 He (B)took into exile in Babylon those who had escaped from the sword, (C)and they became servants to him and to his sons until the establishment of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had (D)enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate (E)it kept Sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.

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19 They set fire(A) to God’s temple(B) and broke down the wall(C) of Jerusalem; they burned all the palaces and destroyed(D) everything of value there.(E)

20 He carried into exile(F) to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants(G) to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. 21 The land enjoyed its sabbath rests;(H) all the time of its desolation it rested,(I) until the seventy years(J) were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.

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