1 Esdras 1:58

58 "The land will lie desolate for seventy years to make up for the Sabbath rest ^[a] that has not been observed." ¹

1 Esdras 1:58 In-Context

56 and completely destroyed all its beauty. Nebuchadnezzar forced all the survivors to be led away to Babylon,

57 where they served him and his descendants as slaves until the rise of the Persian Empire. And so what the Lord had foretold through the prophet Jeremiah was fulfilled:

58 "The land will lie desolate for seventy years to make up for the Sabbath rest that has not been observed."

Cross References

• 1. 1.58Jeremiah 25.11; 29.10.

Footnotes

• [a] sabbath rest: [A reference to the requirement of the Law that every seventh year the land was not to be farmed (see Lv 25.1-7).]