2 Chronicles 36:21
in 2 Chronicles 36So the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed, in fulfillment of the word of the LORD through Jeremiah.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
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.
KJV
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.
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This verse in 2 Chronicles 36
Commentary
6 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
See the marginal references. The 70 years of desolation prophesied by Jeremiah, commenced in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jer 25:1, Jer 25:12; compare Dan 1:1), or 605 B.C.; and should therefore have terminated, if they were fully complete, in 536 B.C.
This site's exposition
the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest
The land keeps the Sabbaths people never gave it: it “enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation, until seventy years were completed”. Albert Barnes dates the seventy years from the fourth year of Jehoiakim to Cyrus's decree, about 605 to 536 BC, the span Daniel prays over.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices
To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah,....
That fruitful land, the glory of all lands, was now turned into a desert, not tilled, nor husbanded. The pastures were not clothed as they used to be with flocks, nor the valleys with corn, but all lay neglected.
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
This divine institution, however, was neglected--how soon and how long, appears from the prophecy of Moses (see on Le 26:34), and of Jeremiah in this passage (see Jer 25:9-12), which told that for divine retribution it was now to remain desolate seventy years.
To fulfill the word of the Lord - See Jer 25:9, Jer 25:12; Jer 26:6, Jer 26:7; Jer 29:12. For the miserable death of Zedekiah, see 2Ki 25:4, etc.
The words behind it
17 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| לְמַלֹּ֤אות | lemalot | to fulfill | H4390 → | 249 times |
| דְּבַר־ | devar- | [the] word of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| יְהוָה֙ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| בְּפִ֣י | befi | by [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ | yirmeyahu | Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| עַד־ | ʾad- | until | H5704 → | 1261 times |
| רָצְתָ֥ה | ratzetah | it has accepted | H7521 → | |
| הָאָ֖רֶץ | haaretz | the land | H776 → | 2504 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| שַׁבְּתוֹתֶ֑יהָ | shabetoteiha | sabbaths its | H7676 → | 110 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| יְמֵ֤י | yemei | [the] days of | H3117 → | 2304 times |
| הָשַּׁמָּה֙ | hashamah | the desolation of it | H8074 → | |
| שָׁבָ֔תָה | shavatah | it rested | H7673 → | |
| לְמַלֹּ֖אות | lemalot | to complete | H4390 → | 249 times |
| שִׁבְעִ֥ים | shivim | seventy | H7657 → | 91 times |
| שָׁנָֽה׃ פ | shanah | year[s] | H8141 → | 877 times |
לְמַלֹּ֤אותto fulfill
lemalotH4390 →249 times
דְּבַר־[the] word of
devar-H1697 →1440 times
יְהוָה֙Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
בְּפִ֣יby [the] mouth of
befiH6310 →498 times
יִרְמְיָ֔הוּJeremiah
yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times
עַד־until
ʾad-H5704 →1261 times
רָצְתָ֥הit has accepted
ratzetahH7521 →
הָאָ֖רֶץthe land
haaretzH776 →2504 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
שַׁבְּתוֹתֶ֑יהָsabbaths its
shabetoteihaH7676 →110 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
יְמֵ֤י[the] days of
yemeiH3117 →2304 times
הָשַּׁמָּה֙the desolation of it
hashamahH8074 →
שָׁבָ֔תָהit rested
shavatahH7673 →
לְמַלֹּ֖אותto complete
lemalotH4390 →249 times
שִׁבְעִ֥יםseventy
shivimH7657 →91 times
שָׁנָֽה׃ פyear[s]
shanahH8141 →877 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Daniel 9:2in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 29:10
For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Zechariah 7:5
“Ask all the people of the land and the priests, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months for these seventy years, was it really for Me that you fasted?
Reached by 3 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 25:11–12
And this whole land will become a desolate wasteland, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.
- Revelation 1:3
Blessed is the one who reads aloud the words of this prophecy, and blessed are those who hear and obey what is written in it, because the time is near.
- Jeremiah 29:10
Through
Jeremiah 29:10For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
it leads to
- Daniel 9:2
in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the sacred books, according to the word of the LORD to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy years.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 24:6–7
I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
- Jeremiah 27:22
‘They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,’ declares the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’”
- Jeremiah 25:12
But when seventy years are complete, I will punish the king of Babylon and that nation, the land of the Chaldeans, for their guilt, declares the LORD, and I will make it an everlasting…
- Daniel 9:2
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Albert Barnes, Notes on the Old Testament; Jamieson Fausset and Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.