2 Chronicles 36:21-23

21to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had aenjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate bit kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

The Proclamation of Cyrus

22 cNow in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, dthat the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah might be fulfilled, ethe Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom and also put it in writing: 23β€œThus says Cyrus king of Persia, β€˜The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me all the kingdoms of the earth, and he has charged me to build him a house at Jerusalem, which is in Judah. Whoever is among you of all his people, may the Lord his God be with him. Let him go up.’”

Copyright information for ESV