to fulfil the word of Jehovah by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed its sabbaths: 'for' as long as it lay desolate it kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.
and þe word of þe Lord bi þe mouth of Jeremye was fillid, and til þe lond halewide hise sabatis. For in alle þe daies of desolacioun it made sabat, til þat seuenti yeer weren fillid.