to fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.
Ezekiel 36:34 - Revised Standard Version CI And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, instead of being the desolation that it was in the sight of all who passed by. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 And the desolate land shall be tilled, whereas it lay desolate in the sight of all that passed by. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And the desolate land shall be tilled, that which had lain desolate in the sight of all who passed by. American Standard Version (1901) And the land that was desolate shall be tilled, whereas it was a desolation in the sight of all that passed by. Common English Bible The desolate land will be farmed, and it won’t be like it was when it seemed a wasteland to all who passed by. Catholic Public Domain Version and when the deserted land will have been cultivated, which previously was desolate to the eyes of all who passed by, Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And the desolate land shall be tilled, which before was waste in the sight of all that passed by, |
to fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths. All the days that it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil seventy years.
“Thus says the Lord God: On the day that I cleanse you from all your iniquities, I will cause the cities to be inhabited, and the waste places shall be rebuilt.
And they will say, ‘This land that was desolate has become like the garden of Eden; and the waste and desolate and ruined cities are now inhabited and fortified.’
For behold, I am for you, and I will turn to you, and you shall be tilled and sown;
Moreover I will make you a desolation and an object of reproach among the nations round about you and in the sight of all that pass by.
And I will stretch out my hand against them, and make the land desolate and waste, throughout all their habitations, from the wilderness to Riblah. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”