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 

[36:21]  ¹ tn Heb “to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

[36:21]  ² tn Or “accepted.”

[36:21]  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.

[36:21]  ⁴ sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11.

[36:21]  ⁵ tn Heb “all the days of the desolation it rested to fulfill the seventy years.”