1 Esdras 1:55

55 who said, "Until the land has enjoyed its sabbath rest, it will remain untouched,^[a] after its destruction, for seventy years."

1 Esdras 1:55 In-Context

53 They utterly ruined all of its radiance. King Nebuchadnezzar led away the survivors to Babylon under guard.

54 They became servants to him and to his sons until the rise of the Persian kingdom, which fulfilled the Lord's word through Jeremiah,

55 who said, "Until the land has enjoyed its sabbath rest, it will remain untouched, after its destruction, for seventy years."

Footnotes

• [a]. Or it will keep sabbath