“ Give the following instructions to the people of Israel. When you have entered the land I am giving you, the land itself must observe a Sabbath rest before the Lord every seventh year.

“你晓谕以色列人说：你们到了我所赐你们那地的时候，地就要向耶和华守安息。

“你要吩咐以色列人，对他们说：你们到了我所赐你们那地的时候，地要休耕，向耶和华守安息。

“你要吩咐以色列人，对他们说：你们到了我所赐你们那地的时候，地要休耕，向耶和华守安息。

“你把以下条例告诉以色列人。“你们到了我将要赐给你们的土地后，要让土地每七年在耶和华面前休耕一年。

“你要告诉以色列人，对他们说：你们到了我赐给你们的那地以后，地要守耶和华的安息。

「你曉諭以色列人說：你們到了我所賜你們那地的時候，地就要向耶和華守安息。

「你要吩咐以色列人，對他們說：你們到了我所賜你們那地的時候，地要休耕，向耶和華守安息。

「你要吩咐以色列人，對他們說：你們到了我所賜你們那地的時候，地要休耕，向耶和華守安息。

「你把以下條例告訴以色列人。「你們到了我將要賜給你們的土地後，要讓土地每七年在耶和華面前休耕一年。

“你要告訴以色列人，對他們說：你們到了我賜給你們的那地以後，地要守耶和華的安息。

『你要告訴以色列人說：你們到了我所賜給你們的地那時候，地就要向永恆主守休息年。

告以色列族云、爾既入我所錫之地、當為耶和華休息土壤、

告以色列族云、爾既至我所錫之地、當休息土壤、敬恪乎我。

爾告以色列人云、爾至我所賜爾之地、當有一年使土地安息、於主前守為安息年、

“ Speak to the Israelites and say to them:‘ When you enter the land I am going to give you, the land itself must observe a sabbath to the Lord.

“ Speak to the Israelites. Tell them,‘ You will enter the land I am going to give you. When you do, you must honor the Lord every seventh year by not farming the land that year.

“ Speak to the people of Israel and say to them, When you come into the land that I give you, the land shall keep a Sabbath to the Lord.

“ Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you, the land will observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

“ Speak to the sons of Israel and say to them,‘ When you come into the land which I am going to give you, then the land shall have a Sabbath to the Lord.

“ Speak to the children of Israel, and say to them:‘ When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a sabbath to the Lord.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto Jehovah.

“ Speak to the Israelites and tell them: When you enter the land I am giving you, the land will observe a Sabbath to the Lord.

Speak unto the children of Israel, and say unto them, When ye come into the land which I give you, then shall the land keep a sabbath unto the LORD.

“ Speak to the Israelites and tell them,‘ When you enter the land that I am giving you, the land must observe a Sabbath to the LORD.

“ Speak to the children of Israel, and tell them,‘ When you come into the land which I give you, then the land shall keep a Sabbath to Yahweh.

Then at last the land will enjoy its neglected Sabbath years as it lies desolate while you are in exile in the land of your enemies. Then the land will finally rest and enjoy the Sabbaths it missed.As long as the land lies in ruins, it will enjoy the rest you never allowed it to take every seventh year while you lived in it.

So the message of the Lord spoken through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The land finally enjoyed its Sabbath rest, lying desolate until the seventy years were fulfilled, just as the prophet had said.

“ Plant and harvest your crops for six years,

Then the Lord said to Moses,“ This is the land I promised on oath to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob when I said,‘ I will give it to your descendants.’ I have now allowed you to see it with your own eyes, but you will not enter the land.”

When the Most High assigned lands to the nations, when he divided up the human race, he established the boundaries of the peoples according to the number in his heavenly court.

This will be a Sabbath day of complete rest for you, and on that day you must deny yourselves. This day of rest will begin at sundown on the ninth day of the month and extend until sundown on the tenth day.”

With my great strength and powerful arm I made the earth and all its people and every animal. I can give these things of mine to anyone I choose.

“ Go to Moab, to the mountains east of the river, and climb Mount Nebo, which is across from Jericho. Look out across the land of Canaan, the land I am giving to the people of Israel as their own special possession.

and sweep into Judah until it is chin deep. It will spread its wings, submerging your land from one end to the other, O Immanuel.

“ When you arrive in Canaan, the land I am giving you as your own possession, I may contaminate some of the houses in your land with mildew.

The earth is the Lord’s, and everything in it. The world and all its people belong to him.For he laid the earth’s foundation on the seas and built it on the ocean depths.

The heavens belong to the Lord, but he has given the earth to all humanity.