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2 Chronicles 36:21-23
Legacy Standard Bible
2 Chronicles 36:21-23
Legacy Standard Bible
21 (A)to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, until (B)the land had made up for its sabbaths. (C)All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath [a](D)until seventy years were fulfilled.
The Proclamation of Cyrus
22 (E)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to complete the word of Yahweh (F)by the mouth of Jeremiah—Yahweh (G)stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he had a proclamation pass throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 23 “Thus says Cyrus king of Persia,
‘Yahweh, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may Yahweh his God be with him, and let him go up!’”
Footnotes
- 2 Chronicles 36:21 Lit to fulfill seventy years
2 Chronicles 36:21-23
New International Version
2 Chronicles 36:21-23
New International Version
21 The land enjoyed its sabbath rests;(A) all the time of its desolation it rested,(B) until the seventy years(C) were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.
22 In the first year of Cyrus(D) king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:
23 “This is what Cyrus king of Persia says:
“‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth and he has appointed(E) me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord their God be with them.’”
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