19 Then (A)they burned the house of God and broke down the wall of Jerusalem, and burned all its fortified buildings with fire and destroyed all its valuable articles. 20 Those who had escaped from the sword he (B)carried away to Babylon; and (C)they were servants to him and to his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 (D)to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until (E)the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. (F)All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath [a](G)until seventy years were complete.

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Footnotes

  1. 2 Chronicles 36:21 Lit to fulfill seventy years

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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