2 Chronicles 36:21-22

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 

Cyrus Allows the Exiles to Go Home

36:22 In the first year of the reign of ⁶  King Cyrus of Persia, in fulfillment of the promise he delivered through Jeremiah, ⁷  the Lord moved ⁸  King Cyrus of Persia to issue a written decree throughout his kingdom.

[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.”

[36:22]  ⁶ tn The words “the reign of” are supplied in the translation for clarification.

[36:22]  ⁷ tn Heb “to complete the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah.”

[36:22]  ⁸ tn Heb “stirred the spirit of.”