2 Tawarikh 36:21
Konteks36:21 This took place to fulfill the Lord’s message delivered through Jeremiah. 1 The land experienced 2 its sabbatical years; 3 it remained desolate for seventy years, 4 as prophesied. 5
Yeremia 24:6
Konteks24:6 I will look after their welfare 6 and will restore them to this land. There I will build them up and will not tear them down. I will plant them firmly in the land 7 and will not uproot them. 8
[36:21] 1 tn Heb “to fulfill the word of the
[36:21] 3 sn According to Lev 25:4, the land was to remain uncultivated every seventh year. Lev 26:33-35 warns that the land would experience a succession of such sabbatical rests if the people disobeyed God, for he would send them away into exile.
[36:21] 4 sn Concerning the seventy years see Jer 25:11.
[36:21] 5 tn Heb “all the days of the desolation it rested to fulfill the seventy years.”
[36:21] sn Cyrus’ edict (see vv. 22-23) occurred about fifty years after the fall of Jerusalem in 586
[24:6] 6 tn Heb “I will set my eyes upon them for good.” For the nuance of “good” see Jer 21:10; Amos 9:4 (in these cases the opposite of harm; see BDB 375 s.v. טוֹבָה 1).
[24:6] 7 tn The words “There” and “firmly in the land” are not in the text but are implicit from the connection and the metaphor. They are supplied in the translation for clarity.