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- After three years of subjection to Babylon, Jehoiakim rebelled, and the rest of his reign was marked by continual decline as he fought the Chaldeans (Babylonians) and many others (2 Kings 24:1–7). As the Lord had promised, He was bringing disaster upon Jerusalem and Judah to punish the people’s evil (21:10–15).
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Jun 26, 2015 · With the rejection of Ephraim, the tribe of Joshua, a prominent leader of God's people (Num. 13:8, 16), it was made clear that Judah should be the head tribe in Israel (Ps. 78:67–68). This, of course, was a fulfillment of Jacob's ancient prophecy (Gen. 49:10).
17 “Therefore this is what the Lord God Almighty, the God of Israel, says: ‘Listen! I am going to bring on Judah and on everyone living in Jerusalem every disaster I pronounced against them. I spoke to them, but they did not listen; I called to them, but they did not answer.’”.
The overrun of the country by the Assyrians in 721 BCE had erased the ten tribes of northern Israel from history — a national calamity still very much on the minds of Jeremiah and his compatriots when, in 605 BCE, Babylonia, another empire from the north, arose and vanquished its rival to the south, Egypt, in the epic battle of Carchemish.
Israel and Judah have both broken the covenant I made with their ancestors. 11 Therefore, this is what the Lord says: I am going to bring calamity upon them, and they will not escape. Though they beg for mercy, I will not listen to their cries. 12 Then the people of Judah and Jerusalem will pray to their idols and burn incense before them.
Jul 18, 2023 · 44 This is the message Jeremiah received concerning the Judeans living in northern Egypt in the cities of Migdol, Tahpanhes, and Memphis, and in southern Egypt as well: 2 “This is what the Lord of Heaven’s Armies, the God of Israel, says: You saw the calamity I brought on Jerusalem and all the towns of Judah.
Judah’s judgment came because of its prophets and elders, or judges, who practiced injustice and profited from their service to their God and nation (3:11). Micah’s oracles are rife with war and exile, [7] yet God’s condemnation was not without hope.
Aug 16, 2013 · "The LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, said: 'Behold, I am bringing punishment upon Amon of Thebes, and Pharaoh and Egypt and her gods and her kings, upon Pharaoh and those who trust in him'" (v. 25). Having dealt with God's Word to Judah before the exile in Jeremiah 1ï¾–45, the prophet focuses mainly on the nations in chapters 46ï¾–52.
