2 Chronicles 36:21
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21 (A)to fulfill the word of Yahweh by the mouth of Jeremiah, until (B)the land had made up for its sabbaths. (C)All the days of its desolation it kept sabbath [a](D)until seventy years were fulfilled.
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- 2 Chronicles 36:21 Lit to fulfill seventy years
Ezra 1:1
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The Proclamation of Cyrus
1 (A)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia—in order to complete the word of [a]Yahweh from the mouth of Jeremiah—Yahweh stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he (B)had a proclamation pass throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying:
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- Ezra 1:1 The personal covenant name of God, a form of I AM WHO I AM, cf. Ex 3:14-15
Jeremiah 25:11-12
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11 (A)This whole land will be a waste place and an object of horror, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon (B)seventy years.
Punishment Against Babylon
12 ‘Then it will be (C)when seventy years are fulfilled, that I will (D)punish the king of Babylon and that nation,’ declares Yahweh, ‘for their iniquity, even the land of the Chaldeans; and (E)I will make it an everlasting desolation.
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Jeremiah 29:10
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10 “For thus says Yahweh, ‘When (A)seventy years have been fulfilled for Babylon, I will [a]visit you and establish My (B)good word to you, to return you to this place.
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- Jeremiah 29:10 Same Heb root as “punish” in Jer, cf. 5:9; 9:8; 29:32; 30:20
Zechariah 7:5
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5 “Speak to all the people of the land and to the priests, saying, ‘When you fasted and mourned in the fifth and seventh months [a]these (A)seventy years, was it actually for (B)Me that you fasted?
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- Zechariah 7:5 Lit and these
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