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2 Chronicles 36:21-23

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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. 36:23 It read: “This is what King Cyrus of Persia says: ‘The Lord God of the heavens has given to me all the kingdoms of the earth. He has appointed me to build for him a temple in Jerusalem 9  in Judah. May the Lord your God energize you who belong to his people, so you may be able to go back there!” 10 

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[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.”

[36:23]  9 map For location see Map5 B1; Map6 F3; Map7 E2; Map8 F2; Map10 B3; JP1 F4; JP2 F4; JP3 F4; JP4 F4.

[36:23]  10 tn Heb “Whoever [is] among you from all his people – may the Lord his God [be] with him so that he may go up.”



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