2 Chronicles 36:21
2 Chronicles · Old Testament · Chapter 36
“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.”2 Chronicles 36:21
What Does 2 Chronicles 36:21 Mean?
2 Chronicles 36:21 is found in the book of 2 Chronicles, chapter 36, verse 21 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 20 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Key themes in this passage include Prophecy & Fulfillment, and Work & Rest.
Cross-References (20)
These passages are connected to 2 Chronicles 36:21 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Jeremiah 29:10“For thus saith the LORD, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.”Leviticus 26:34“Then shall the land enjoy her sabbaths, as long as it lieth desolate, and ye be in your enemies’ land; even then shall the land rest, and enjoy her sabbaths.”Daniel 9:2“In the first year of his reign I Daniel understood by books the number of the years, whereof the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah the prophet, that he would accomplish seventy years in the desolations of Jerusalem.”Jeremiah 25:11“And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.”Zechariah 1:12“Then the angel of the LORD answered and said, O LORD of hosts, how long wilt thou not have mercy on Jerusalem and on the cities of Judah, against which thou hast had indignation these threescore and ten years?”Leviticus 26:43“The land also shall be left of them, and shall enjoy her sabbaths, while she lieth desolate without them: and they shall accept of the punishment of their iniquity: because, even because they despised my judgments, and because their soul abhorred my statutes.”Leviticus 25:4“But in the seventh year shall be a sabbath of rest unto the land, a sabbath for the LORD: thou shalt neither sow thy field, nor prune thy vineyard.”Jeremiah 25:9“Behold, I will send and take all the families of the north, saith the LORD, and Nebuchadrezzar the king of Babylon, my servant, and will bring them against this land, and against the inhabitants thereof, and against all these nations round about, and will utterly destroy them, and make them an astonishment, and an hissing, and perpetual desolations.”Jeremiah 26:6“Then will I make this house like Shiloh, and will make this city a curse to all the nations of the earth.”Leviticus 25:2“Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.”2 Chronicles 36:22“Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing, saying,”Jeremiah 27:12“I spake also to Zedekiah king of Judah according to all these words, saying, Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon, and serve him and his people, and live.”Numbers 14:34“After the number of the days in which ye searched the land, even forty days, each day for a year, shall ye bear your iniquities, even forty years, and ye shall know my breach of promise.”Jeremiah 1:1“The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:”Zephaniah 1:2“I will utterly consume all things from off the land, saith the LORD.”Zechariah 1:4“Be ye not as your fathers, unto whom the former prophets have cried, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Turn ye now from your evil ways, and from your evil doings: but they did not hear, nor hearken unto me, saith the LORD.”Nehemiah 10:31“And if the people of the land bring ware or any victuals on the sabbath day to sell, that we would not buy it of them on the sabbath, or on the holy day: and that we would leave the seventh year, and the exaction of every debt.”Psalms 79:7“For they have devoured Jacob, and laid waste his dwelling place.”Isaiah 5:9“In mine ears said the LORD of hosts, Of a truth many houses shall be desolate, even great and fair, without inhabitant.”Isaiah 24:3“The land shall be utterly emptied, and utterly spoiled: for the LORD hath spoken this word.”
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