This, too, was precisely 70 years. The 70 years of servitude, to be consistent, should be reckoned as 25,200 days, or two days short of 69 years on our Roman calendar. A remarkable coincidence. And it shall come to pass in that day, that the Lord shall set his hand again the second time to recover the remnant of his people, which shall be left, from Assyria, and from Egypt, and from Pathros, and from Cush, and from Elam, and from Shinar, and from Hamath, and from the islands of the sea. And he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth.
More research needs to be done.
But this certainly seems provocative enough to ponder. Zechariah predicted that the day would come when the entire world would be against Jerusalem, and that it would prove intractable to resolution. Even as this goes to press, a climax is in the making. Yassir Arafat has announced that Jerusalem will be the declared capital of a Palestinian State on September 13th of this year. Many are optimistic that some kind of permanent peace can be arranged.