2 Chronicles 36:21

2 Chronicles 36:21 in other versions

• King James Version (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.
• New International Version (NIV)The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.
• English Standard Version (ESV)to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its Sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
• New King James Version (NKJV)to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.

Context of 2 Chronicles 36:21

19Nebuchadnezzar's men destroyed the Lord's temple with fire. They knocked down the walls around Jerusalem. They burned all the important buildings. They destroyed all the valuable things in the city. 20Nebuchadnezzar took away to Babylon all the people in Jerusalem who were still alive. They worked as slaves for him and for his sons until the kingdom of Persia became powerful. In this way, the Lord's message that his prophet Jeremiah had spoken became true. The land of Judah was empty for 70 years. It was finally able to rest, like the rest on a Sabbath day. 22In the first year that Cyrus, king of Persia, was ruling Babylon, the Lord put a thought in his mind. King Cyrus decided to send a message to everybody who lived in his kingdom. His message would cause what God had already spoken to his prophet Jeremiah to become true. The message was written down and people took it all over Cyrus's kingdom. It said: 23‘This is what Cyrus, the king of Persia, says: The Lord, the God of heaven, has given me power over all the kingdoms of the earth. He has said that I must build a temple for him in Jerusalem, the city that is in Judah. Any of God's people who live among you may now return to Jerusalem. I pray that the Lord their God will be with them.’

2 Chronicles 36:21 word by word

לְמַלֹּ֤אות דְּבַר־יְהוָה֙ בְּפִ֣י יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ עַד־רָצְתָ֥ה הָאָ֖רֶץ אֶת־שַׁבְּתוֹתֶ֑יהָ כָּל־יְמֵ֤י הָשַּׁמָּה֙ שָׁבָ֔תָה לְמַלֹּ֖אות שִׁבְעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃ פRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• To fulfilמָלֵאmâlê' mâlâ' · to fillH4390
• the wordדָּבָרdâbâr · wordH1697
• of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• by the mouthפֶּהpeh · lipH6310
• of Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֫הוּyirmeyâh yirmeyâhû · JeremiahH3414
• until the landאֶ֫רֶץ'erets · land: country/planetH776
• had enjoyedרָצָהrâtsâh · to acceptH7521
• her sabbathsשַׁבָּתshabbâth · SabbathH7676
• as long asיוֹםyôm · dayH3117
• she lay desolateשָׁמֵםshâmêm · be desolate: destroyedH8074
• she kept sabbathשָׁבַתshâbath · to ceaseH7673
• threescore and tenשִׁבְעִיםshib‛îym · seventyH7657
• yearsשָׁנָהshâneh shânâh · yearH8141

Cross-references for 2 Chronicles 36:21

• Jeremiah 25:9So I, the Lord, tell you that I will call the nations in the north to come. I will call my servant, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, to come. I will bring them to attack this land and the people who live here. They will also attack all the nations that are around you. I will completely destroy this land, its people and all the nations around it. Their houses will become heaps of stones for ever. The land will become a terrible place. People will always see how foolish my people are.
• Jeremiah 26:6So if you do not obey me, I will destroy this temple, as I destroyed Shiloh. People of all the other nations on earth will use the name of this city as a curse.” ’
• Jeremiah 27:12I gave the same message to King Zedekiah of Judah. I told him, ‘Put the yoke of the king of Babylon around your neck. Agree to work for him and for his people. Then you will continue to live.
• Jeremiah 29:10The Lord says, ‘You will live in Babylon for 70 years. Then I will choose to help you. I will be kind to you, as I promised. I will bring you back here to your home.
• Daniel 9:2In the first year that Darius was king, I, Daniel, was reading God's book. I read the message that the Lord had given to his prophet, Jeremiah. He told Jeremiah that Jerusalem would continue to be a heap of stones for 70 years.
• Zechariah 1:4Do not be like your ancestors. Many years ago the prophets gave them a message from me. The message was, “Stop doing those evil and wicked things.” But they did not listen to me. They did not think that my message was important.
• Leviticus 25:4In the seventh year, the land must have a rest. They must not plant seeds in the fields or cut the leaves.
• Leviticus 26:34The land will have a Sabbath rest while there are no people in it.
• Zechariah 1:12Then the angel of the Lord said, ‘Lord Almighty, how long will you be angry with Jerusalem? How long will you be angry with the cities of Judah? You have already been angry for 70 years.’

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 36:21

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 21To fulfill the word of the Lord - See Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 25:12; Jeremiah 26:6, Jeremiah 26:7; Jeremiah 29:12. For the miserable death of Zedekiah, see 2 Kings 25:4, etc.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 21See the marginal references. The 70 years of desolation prophesied by Jeremiah, commenced in the fourth year of Jehoiakim (Jeremiah 25:1, Jeremiah 25:12; compare Daniel 1:1), or 605 B.C.; and should therefore have terminated, if they were fully complete, in 536 B.C. As, however, the historical date of the taking of Babylon by Cyrus is 538 B.C., or two years earlier, it has been usual to suppose that the Jews reckoned “the reign of the kingdom of Persia”…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 21Jeremiah predicted the length of the captivity (Jeremiah 25:11–12; 29:10; see study note on Ezra 6:15). the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest: See Leviticus 26:34–35, 43, where exile is the punishment for disobedience; the land is left unused for all the missed Sabbaths. The land’s rest also prepared it for restoration.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 2121. until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths--The return of every seventh was to be held as a sabbatic year, a season of rest to all classes, even to the land itself, which was to be fallow. 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 Jr 25:9-12), which told that for divine retribution it was now to remain desolate seventy years. As the…Read the comment

Topics related to 2 Chronicles 36:21

• Assyria
• Babylon
• Israel, Prophecies Concerning
• Jerusalem
• Judgments
• Nebuchadnezzar
• Prophecy
• Sabbath
• Sin

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• Jeremiah
• Condemn
• Jerusalem
• Jubilee
• Put
• Sabbatical year
• Agrarian Laws
• Esdras, the First Book of
• Fulfil
• Isaiah

Commentaries on 2 Chronicles 36

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings