2 Chronicles 36:15–21

The Destruction of Jerusalem

¹⁵But Yahweh, the God of their ancestors sent word against them by the hand of His messengers, sending them time and time again, ^gfor He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. ¹⁶But they kept ridiculing God’s messengers, ^hdespising His words, ⁱand scoffing at His prophets, until the Lord’s wrath was so stirred up against His people that there was no remedy. ^j17So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans, ^kwho killed their choice young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary. He had no pity on young men or young women, elderly or aged; He handed them all over to him. ¹⁸He took everything to Babylon—all the articles of God’s temple, large and small, the treasures of the Lord’s temple, and the treasures of the king and his officials. ¹⁹Then the Chaldeans burned God’s temple. ^lThey tore down Jerusalem’s wall, burned down all its palaces, and destroyed all its valuable articles.

²⁰He deported those who escaped from the sword to Babylon, and they became servants to him and his sons until the rise of the Persian ^mkingdom. ⁿ²¹This fulfilled the word of the Lord through Jeremiah ^oand the land enjoyed its Sabbath rest all the days of the desolation ^puntil 70 years were fulfilled.