¹⁹ Nebuchadnezzar and his army ·set fire to [burned down] God’s ·Temple [^Lhouse] and broke down Jerusalem’s wall and burned all the ·palaces [or fortifications; ^Lhouses]. They destroyed every valuable thing in Jerusalem.

²⁰ Nebuchadnezzar took ·captive [into exile] to Babylon the people who ·were left alive [^Lescaped the sword], and he forced them to be ·slaves [servants] for him and his descendants. They remained there as ·slaves [servants] until the Persian kingdom ·defeated Babylon [^Lcame/rose to power]. ²¹ And so ·what the Lord had told Israel through the prophet Jeremiah happened [^Lthe word of the Lord through the mouth of Jeremiah was fulfilled; ^Che prophesied the fall of Jerusalem]: The country ·was an empty wasteland [lay desolate/fallow] for seventy years ·to make up for the years of Sabbath rest [Lev. 25:1–7] that the people had not kept [or enjoying its sabbath rest; ^Ca bitter observation that the land experienced an ironic “rest” while the Israelites were in exile; Lev. 25:4, 26:33–35].