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2 Chronicles 36:20

Christian Standard Bible Anglicised

He deported those who escaped from the sword to Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the rise of the Persian  kingdom.

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All nations will serve him, his son, and his grandson until the time for his own land comes, and then many nations and great kings will enslave him.


In the first year of King Cyrus of Persia,  in order to fulfil the word of the Lord spoken through  Jeremiah,  the Lord roused the spirit of King Cyrus  of Persia to issue a proclamation throughout his entire kingdom and also to put it in writing:


Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guards, deported the rest of the people who remained in the city, the deserters who had defected to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the population.


These  now are the people of the province who came from those captive exiles King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon  had deported to Babylon.  They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town.


These are the people Nebuchadnezzar deported:  in the seventh year, 3,023 Jews;


Persia,  Cush, and Put are with them, all of them with shields and helmets;


But since our ancestors angered the God of the heavens, he handed them over to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, the Chaldean, who destroyed this temple and deported the people to Babylon.


I was angry with my people; I profaned my possession, and I handed them over to you. You showed them no mercy; you made your yoke very heavy on the elderly.


This whole land will become a desolate ruin, and these nations will serve the king of Babylon for seventy years.


Now it is planted in the wilderness, in a dry and thirsty land.


Writhe and cry out,  , Daughter Zion, like a woman in labour, for now you will leave the city and camp in the open fields. You will go to Babylon; there you will be rescued; there the Lord will redeem you from the grasp of your enemies!





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