kjv 2Chronicles:36:15-23 SEEK
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And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers ,
rising up betimes ,
and sending ;
because he had compassion on his people ,
and on his dwelling place :
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But they mocked the messengers of God ,
and despised his words ,
and misused his prophets ,
until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people ,
till there was no remedy .
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Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees ,
who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary ,
and had no compassion upon young man or maiden ,
old man ,
or him that stooped for age :
he gave them all into his hand .
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And all the vessels of the house of God ,
great and small ,
and the treasures of the house of the LORD ,
and the treasures of the king ,
and of his princes ;
all these he brought to Babylon .
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And they burnt the house of God ,
and brake down the wall of Jerusalem ,
and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire ,
and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof .
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And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon ;
where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia :
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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 .
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Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia ,
that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished ,
the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia ,
that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom ,
and put it also in writing ,
saying ,
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Thus saith Cyrus king of Persia ,
All the kingdoms of the earth hath the LORD God of heaven given me ;
and he hath charged me to build him an house in Jerusalem ,
which is in Judah .
Who is there among you of all his people ?
The LORD his God be with him ,
and let him go up .