And he carried away all Jerusalem,
and all the princes,
and all the mighty men of valour.
Until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths.
The Babylonian captivity is the exile of Judah to Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar came. The city fell. The temple was burned. The people were carried away. Jeremiah had named the seventy years. Daniel and Ezekiel spoke from the captivity. The land enjoyed her sabbaths. The captivity is judgment for the broken covenant, and it is not the end. God named the return before the years were done.
- Judah was carried to Babylon.
- Jeremiah named seventy years.
- The captivity is judgment, and not the end.
Jerusalem carried away.
Seventy years.
Not the end.
- The captivity is Judah’s exile to Babylon.
- Nebuchadnezzar took the city and burned the temple.
- Jeremiah named seventy years.
- Daniel and Ezekiel spoke from the captivity.
- The land enjoyed her sabbaths.
- The return was named before the years were done.
- The Taking – Jerusalem carried away.
- The King – Nebuchadnezzar.
- The Years – Seventy.
- The Voices – Jeremiah, Daniel, Ezekiel.
- The Land – Enjoyed her sabbaths.
- The Limit – Not the end.
- 2 Kings 25:8-11 – “Nebuzar-adan, captain of the guard, a servant of the king of Babylon, unto Jerusalem… burnt the house of the Lord… and carried away the rest of the people.”
- Jeremiah 25:11 – “And this whole land shall be a desolation, and an astonishment; and these nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.”
- Jeremiah 29:10 – “For thus saith the Lord, That after seventy years be accomplished at Babylon I will visit you, and perform my good word toward you, in causing you to return to this place.”
- Daniel 1:1-2 – “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came unto Jerusalem, and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand.”
- Ezekiel 1:1 – “As I was among the captives by the river of Chebar, the heavens were opened.”
- 2 Chronicles 36:20-21 – “And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon… until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths.”
- Psalm 137:1 – “By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat down, yea, we wept, when we remembered Zion.”
- Lamentations 1:1 – “How doth the city sit solitary, that was full of people!”
- Isaiah 39:6 – “Behold, the days come, that all that is in thine house… shall be carried to Babylon.”
- Ezra 1:1 – “The Lord stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation… to build him an house at Jerusalem.”
He carried away all Jerusalem.
These nations shall serve the king of Babylon seventy years.
Until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths.
The captivity is Judah carried to Babylon. Jeremiah named the years. The return was already spoken.
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