CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH: BOOK JEREMIAH

(Message by Tanny Keng)


1. Captivity Of Judah

a) We now come to the second captivity, that of Judah. The people were taken into exile in the land of the Chaldeans of which the chief city was Babylon.

2. Book Of Jeremiah

a) Jeremiah prophesies and laments Judah's exile in Judah (Jeremiah 1-27).

b) These prophecies were made during the reigns of the last four kings of Judah: Josiah, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, Zedekiah.

c) Jehoiachin is also known as Jeconiah or Coniah.

d) Hananiah falsely prophesies that the Babylonian yoke will be broken in only two years (28).

e) Jeremiah informs the first exiles in Babylon that their captivity will last 70 years and denounces false prophets who say otherwise (Jeremiah 29).

f) The restoration of Israel and Judah is predicted (Jeremiah 30-31). This primarily has application to the coming of the Messiah. 


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