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.
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and (put it) also in writing, saying,
Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, Jehovah stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and (put it) also in writing, saying,
And it shall come to pass, when seventy years are accomplished, that I will punish the king of Babylon, and that nation, saith Jehovah, for their iniquity, and the land of the Chaldeans; and I will make it desolate for ever.
Speak unto all the people of the land, and to the priests, saying, When ye fasted and mourned in the fifth and in the seventh (month), even these seventy years, did ye at all fast unto me, even to me?