2 Chronicles 36:20-23

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²⁰He carried into exile^(A) to Babylon the remnant, who escaped from the sword, and they became servants^(B) to him and his successors until the kingdom of Persia came to power. ²¹The land enjoyed its sabbath rests;^(C) all the time of its desolation it rested,^(D) until the seventy years^(E) were completed in fulfillment of the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah.

²²In the first year of Cyrus^(F) king of Persia, in order to fulfill the word of the Lord spoken by Jeremiah, the Lord moved the heart of Cyrus king of Persia to make a proclamation throughout his realm and also to put it in writing:

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^(G) me to build a temple for him at Jerusalem in Judah. Any of his people among you may go up, and may the Lord their God be with them.’”

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Jeremiah 4:27

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²⁷This is what the Lord says:

“The whole land will be ruined,^(A)
though I will not destroy^(B) it completely.

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Jeremiah 12:11-12

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¹¹It will be made a wasteland,^(A)
    parched and desolate before me;^(B)
the whole land will be laid waste
    because there is no one who cares.
¹²Over all the barren heights in the desert
    destroyers will swarm,
for the sword^(C) of the Lord^(D) will devour^(E)
    from one end of the land to the other;^(F)
    no one will be safe.^(G)

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Daniel 9:2

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²in the first year of his reign, I, Daniel, understood from the Scriptures, according to the word of the Lord given to Jeremiah the prophet, that the desolation of Jerusalem would last seventy^(A) years.

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