2 Chronicles 36:21

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.

Cross-references

2 Chronicles 36:22 Historical context

2 Chronicles 36:22 shows the fulfillment of Jeremiah's prophecy continuing — Cyrus's decree to end the exile follows the 70 years of land rest.

Leviticus 25:4–6 Prophetic fulfillment

Leviticus 25:4-6 commands the land to rest every seventh year — the exile enforces those neglected sabbaths, giving the land its rest.

Leviticus 26:34 Prophetic fulfillment

Leviticus 26:34 says the land will enjoy its sabbaths while desolate — the exile here fulfills that covenant curse.

Leviticus 26:35 Prophetic fulfillment

Leviticus 26:35 adds that the land will rest all the time it lies desolate — this verse describes that fulfillment.

Leviticus 26:43 Prophetic fulfillment

Leviticus 26:43 repeats that the land will enjoy its sabbaths while abandoned — the exile is the outworking of that covenant condition.

Jeremiah 25:9 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 25:9 is the prophecy of Nebuchadnezzar's destruction that led to the desolation fulfilling the sabbath rest.

Jeremiah 25:12 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 25:12 specifies punishment on Babylon after 70 years, tying to the seventy-year completion mentioned here.

Jeremiah 29:10 Prophetic fulfillment

Jeremiah 29:10 promises restoration after seventy years, directly fulfilling the sabbath rest completion mentioned here.

Daniel 9:2 Prophetic fulfillment

In Daniel 9:2, Daniel understands from Jeremiah's prophecy that the desolation would last 70 years — the same prophecy being fulfilled here as the land rests.

Zechariah 1:12 Historical context

Zechariah 1:12 asks about the 70 years of anger on Jerusalem — the same 70-year period of exile and land rest described here.

Jeremiah 25:11 explicitly predicts the 70 years of desolation and servitude that 2 Chronicles 36:21 says was fulfilled — the direct source prophecy.

Lamentations 1:3 Historical context

Lamentations 1:3 depicts Judah's exile and lack of rest, complementing the land's enforced Sabbath rest in 2 Chronicles 36:21.

Zechariah 7:14 Historical context

Zechariah 7:14 directly describes the land becoming desolate after exile, the same condition that allowed the sabbath rest.

Leviticus 25:2 Historical context

Leviticus 25:2 introduces the land sabbath law — the exile enforces that neglected command.

Ezekiel 33:28 Historical context

Ezekiel 33:28 prophesies the desolation of Israel's land, directly aligning with the condition that allowed the sabbath rest.

Ezekiel 36:34 promises the restoration of the desolate land, contrasting with the desolation that enabled the sabbath rest.