2 Chronicles 36:20-22
New King James Version
20 And (A)those who escaped from the sword he carried away to Babylon, (B)where they became servants to him and his sons until the rule of the kingdom of Persia, 21 to fulfill the word of the Lord by the mouth of (C)Jeremiah, until the land (D)had enjoyed her Sabbaths. As long as she lay desolate (E)she kept Sabbath, to fulfill seventy years.
The Proclamation of Cyrus(F)
22 (G)Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the Lord by the mouth of (H)Jeremiah might be fulfilled, the Lord stirred up the spirit of (I)Cyrus king of Persia, so that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and also put it in writing, saying,
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