2 Chronicles 36:20-21

36:20 He deported to Babylon all who escaped the sword. They served him and his sons until the Persian kingdom rose to power. 36:21 This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. 1  The land experienced 2  its sabbatical years; 3  it remained desolate for seventy years, 4  as prophesied. 5 

1 tn Heb “to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

2 tn Or “accepted.”

3 sn According to Lev 25:4, the land was to remain uncultivated every seventh year. Lev 26:33-35 warns that the land would experience a succession of such sabbatical rests if the people disobeyed God, for he would send them away into exile.

4 sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11.

5 tn Heb “all the days of the desolation it rested to fulfill the seventy years.”