Die Organisation versteht die siebzig Jahre in Jeremia 25:11, Jeremia 29:10, 2. Chronika 36:20-21 und Daniel 9:2 als siebzig Jahre jüdischen Exils, in denen das Land Juda völlig verödet und unbebaut dalag, beginnend im Monat Tischri, nachdem die verbliebenen Bewohner nach Ägypten geflohen waren.
Claim ID claim-chronology-70-years-desolationConcerns 1. Oktober 2011Ausdrückliche Aussage
Die Position der Organisation oder ihre spätere Erklärung: Einsichten über die Heilige Schrift erklärt: „Die Prophezeiung gestattet es nicht, die 70 Jahre auf irgendeine andere Zeit als auf die Zeitspanne zu beziehen, die von der Verödung Judas, die mit der Zerstörung Jerusalems verbunden war, bis zur Rückkehr der Juden aus dem Exil in ihr Heimatland verging.“
1. Oktober 2011 · p.27 · pars. 9-11 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“So according to the Bible, the 70 years was a period of bitter punishment for Judah, and God used the Babylonians as the instrument for inflicting this severe chastisement.”
The article first states the alternative reading it rejects: “Instead of saying 70 years ‘at Babylon,’ many translations read ‘for Babylon.’ (NIV) Some historians therefore claim that this 70-year period applies to the Babylonian Empire. According to secular chronology, the Babylonians dominated the land of ancient Judah and Jerusalem for some 70 years, from about 609 B.C.E. until 539 B.C.E. when the capital city of Babylon was captured.” It then argues from Jeremiah 25:4-11 and Lamentations that the 70 years were aimed at Judah and Jerusalem.
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Watchtower, When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part One
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Notes.The article states the “for Babylon” reading of Jeremiah 29:10 before rejecting it; critics sometimes assert that the organisation never mentions it.
Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung.src-chr-o-w-2011-1001-70-years-judah
1. Oktober 2011 · pp.27-28 · pars. 13-16 · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“Only then, in the seventh Jewish month, Tishri (September/October), of that year could it be said that the land, now desolate and unworked, began to enjoy its Sabbath rest.”
Reading 2 Chronicles 36:20, 21 with Leviticus 25 and 26, the article argues that the 70 years were a period in which the land of Judah lay uncultivated, and that the count therefore began not at the first deportation but after Jerusalem was razed and the remaining people fled to Egypt (2 Kings 25:25, 26).
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for The Watchtower, When Was Ancient Jerusalem Destroyed?—Part One
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1988 · p.463 · under “From 607 B.C.E. to return from exile” · Watch Tower Bible and Tract Society of Pennsylvania
“Hence the count of the 70 years of desolation must have begun about October 1, 607 B.C.E., ending in 537 B.C.E.”
The same passage sets out the regnal framework: “Jerusalem came under final siege in Zedekiah’s 9th year (609 B.C.E.), and the city fell in his 11th year (607 B.C.E.), corresponding to Nebuchadnezzar’s 19th year of actual rule (counting from his accession year in 625 B.C.E.).” It also states: “The Bible prophecy does not allow for the application of the 70-year period to any time other than that between the desolation of Judah, accompanying Jerusalem’s destruction, and the return of the Jewish exiles to their homeland as a result of Cyrus’ decree.”
Hinweis zu Herkunft und Überprüfung for Insight on the Scriptures, Volume 1, Chronology
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Notes.Places Nebuchadnezzar’s accession in 625 BCE; conventional chronology places it in 605 BCE. The 20-year difference runs through every regnal date in the scheme.
Abgerufen. 19. September 2026 · Quellenkennung.src-chr-o-it1-chronology-70-years
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