The start of a long siege
Nebuchadnezzar starts his final invasion of Judah: 2 Kings 25:1–2; Jeremiah 52:3–5; Jeremiah 39:1; Ezekiel 24 So it finally happened. After …
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Judgement makes sense to the exiles
Jerusalem’s leaders are idolators, Judah is worse than a prostitute, and judgement is inevitable: Ezekiel 14–16 Jerusalem’s fall was to be inevitable, …
Hope for the exiles
Hope for Judah and Jerusalem, and Jeremiah’s message about Babylon—written and sent to Babylon to be thrown into the Euphrates River: Jeremiah …
The showdown: peace in our time?
Jeremiah speaks over Elam, then he wears an ox yolk and takes on Hananiah: Jeremiah 49:34–39, 27–28 Hananiah’s promises of peace for Jerusalem …
Nebuchadnezzar recognises God’s power
Nebuchadnezzar’s first invasion of Jerusalem and Daniel’s first few years in exile: 2 Kings 24:1–4; Daniel 1–3 Jeremiah heard God well: Judah …
Justice at the hand of Babylon
Habakkuk asks God why He allows Judah’s evil, and is told the Babylonians will execute justice: Habakkuk 1–3 Habakkuk asked the same …
Manasseh shows it’s never too late
Hezekiah dies and is succeeded by Manasseh, then Amon and Josiah” 2 Kings 20:20–21; 2 Chronicles 32:32–33; 2 Kings 21:1–9; …
The cost of Hezekiah’s pride
Hezekiah almost dies from illness, but prays and is healed; he then shows Babylonian envoys around the palace and temple, …
Babylon ’empty for generation after generation’
Isaiah prophesies against Babylon, Assyria, Moab and Philistia; and promises Judah a return to Jerusalem: Isaiah 13−16 Assyria was the world …
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