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.
This happened to fulfill what the LORD had spoken through the prophet Jeremiah: the land would rest and enjoy its sabbaths. For as long as the land lay empty and desolate, it kept sabbath rest, completing seventy years.
This verse explains that the land of Israel remained empty for seventy years as God had promised through Jeremiah, giving the land the sabbath rest it had been denied.
📚 Historical Context
This verse concludes the Book of 2 Chronicles, which chronicles the decline of Judah under its final kings and the Babylonian exile as a judgment for their persistent idolatry and disobedience to God's laws. It specifically references the prophecy of Jeremiah, who foretold a 70-year period of desolation for the land to make up for the neglected sabbatical years, as outlined in the Mosaic Law where the land was to rest every seventh year. This exile served as God's way of fulfilling His word and restoring the natural order that the people had ignored.
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