2 Chronicles 36:21
To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
Context
This verse from 2 Chronicles Chapter 36 connects to 10 cross-references. A rapid succession of the last four kings of Judah: Jehoahaz is deposed by Pharaoh Neco after three months; Jehoiakim serves Nebuchadnezzar for three years then rebels and is carried to Babylon; Jehoiachin reigns three months before surrendering Jerusalem and …
Other Translations
to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: for as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
to fulfil the word of Jehovah in the mouth of Jeremiah, till the land hath enjoyed its sabbaths; all the days of the desolation it kept sabbath--to the fulness of seventy years.
So that the words of the Lord, which he said by the mouth of Jeremiah, might come true, till the land had had pleasure in her Sabbaths; for as long as she was waste the land kept the Sabbath, till seventy years were complete.
Cross References
For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my …
Why will ye die, thou and thy people, by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence, as the …
I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke …
So the priests and the prophets and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the house of the …
Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of …
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and …
And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon …
Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the Lord, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of …
In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word …
Then the angel of the Lord answered and said, O Lord of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy …