2 Chronicles 36:21-23
21 ato fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until bthe land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. cAll the days of its desolation it kept the Sabbath ▼▼Lit to fulfill seventy years
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euntil seventy years were complete. Cyrus Permits Return
22 fNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia--in order to fulfill the word of the Lord gby the mouth of Jeremiah--the Lord hstirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia so that he sent a proclamation throughout his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying, 23“This is what Cyrus king of Persia says: ‘The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and He has appointed me to build Him a house in Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever there is among you of all His people, may the Lord his God be with him; ▼▼Lit and he is to go up; i.e., go to Jerusalem
go up then!’”
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