Berean Study Bible God’s Anger over JerusalemJerusalem, called the Daughter of Zion, lay under God’s judgment during the Babylonian siege. The cloud that once represented His guiding and protecting presence now portrays His wrath, as the city’s persistent rebellion brought the calamity long announced by the prophets. Isa 4:5-6 Then the LORD will create over all of Mount Zion… He has cast the glory of Israel from heaven to earth. The fall of Jerusalem marked the humiliation of Israel’s national glory, centered in the temple and its worship. God allowed what had been exalted among His people to be brought low because they had defiled His sanctuary through idolatry, injustice, and covenant unfaithfulness. Psa 89:44-45 You have ended his splendor and cast his throne… He has abandoned His footstool in the day of His anger. The temple, God’s footstool on earth, was left without His protecting presence and delivered to destruction in 586 BC. Its ruin showed that no sacred place or religious tradition could shield a people who refused to obey the Lord. 1Ch 28:2 It was in my heart to build a house as a resting place… Without pity the Lord has swallowed up all the dwellings of Jacob. God’s judgment fell across Judah, reaching homes, villages, and communities throughout the land. The destruction was comprehensive, reflecting the nation’s persistent rebellion against Him and culminating in the Babylonian invasion. Psa 79:7 for they have devoured Jacob and devastated his homeland. In His wrath He has demolished the fortified cities of the Daughter of Judah. Judah’s defenses, including its walled cities and Jerusalem itself, could not protect the people when God removed His favor. The cities that represented military strength and security were destroyed by Babylonian forces. 2Ki 18:13 In the fourteenth year of Hezekiah’s reign… He brought to the ground and defiled her kingdom and its princes. Judah’s government and royal house were humiliated as Jerusalem fell, its leaders were captured or killed, and the king was taken into exile. The collapse of the Davidic throne marked the end of Judah’s independent rule, though God’s covenant promise would ultimately be fulfilled in the Messiah. Jer 13:18 Say to the king and to the queen mother: “Take a lowly seat,… In fierce anger He has cut off every horn of Israel God’s judgment fell upon Judah after long-standing rebellion, idolatry, and injustice. Israel’s “horns,” representing its kings, military strength, and national security, were broken so that the nation could no longer resist Babylon. Psa 75:10 All the horns of the wicked I will cut off…… and withdrawn His right hand at the approach of the enemy. The Lord removed the protection and deliverance He had formerly given His people, allowing Babylon’s armies to advance against Jerusalem. Their defeat showed that neither their city, temple, nor rulers could preserve them while they persisted in covenant unfaithfulness. Psa 74:11 Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand?… He has burned in Jacob like a flaming fire God’s wrath spread through Jacob, the people of Israel, with the destructive force of fire. The Babylonian invasion became the instrument of His judgment, reaching every part of the nation. Deu 32:22 For a fire has been kindled by My anger,… that consumes everything around it. Jerusalem’s fall brought devastation to homes, leadership, worship, and daily life. The destruction fulfilled the warnings God had given through His prophets and exposed the consequences of abandoning Him. Isa 42:25 So He poured out on them His furious anger… He has bent His bow like an enemy; God is pictured as a warrior prepared to judge Jerusalem. Israel’s persistent rebellion had brought the covenant curses warned of by Moses, and the Lord who had defended His people now acted against them because of their sin. Deu 32:23 I will heap disasters upon them; I will spend My arrows… His right hand is positioned. His hand of power was ready and deliberate in bringing judgment. Jerusalem’s fall was not an accident of war or merely Babylonian strength; God was carrying out His righteous sentence. Exo 15:6 Your right hand, O LORD, is majestic in power;… Like a foe He has killed all who were pleasing to the eye; The judgment reached those most valued in the city, including its young, strong, and promising. No human beauty, strength, or status could preserve Jerusalem when God withdrew His protection. Psa 78:63-64 Fire consumed His young men, and their maidens… He has poured out His wrath like fire His anger consumed the city as fire consumes what lies before it. The Babylonian destruction, including the burning of Jerusalem and the temple, revealed the severity of God’s judgment against unfaithfulness. Psa 79:5 How long, O LORD? Will You be angry forever?… on the tent of the Daughter of Zion. Zion, once the cherished center of Israel’s worship, lay exposed and devastated. The image of a tent emphasizes the frailty of Jerusalem’s inhabitants when God’s presence and protection were no longer with them. Isa 1:8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter… The Lord is like an enemy; Judah’s rebellion had brought the nation under God’s judgment. The God who had long defended His people now stood against them because they had persistently rejected His covenant. Isa 63:10 But they rebelled and grieved His Holy Spirit.… He has swallowed up Israel. The fall of the northern kingdom to Assyria had already shown the consequences of covenant unfaithfulness. Judah now faced the same consuming judgment. Hos 8:8 Israel is swallowed up! Now they are among the nations… He has swallowed up all her palaces and destroyed her strongholds. Jerusalem’s buildings, fortifications, wealth, and military defenses could not preserve the nation when God withdrew His protection. The Babylonian invasion brought ruin to the places Judah trusted for security. Isa 32:14 For the palace will be forsaken, the busy city abandoned.… He has multiplied mourning and lamentation for the Daughter of Judah. Judah’s people suffered widespread loss through siege, death, exile, and the destruction of their city. The grief of the nation reflected both the severity of the calamity and the cost of turning from the Lord. Jer 14:17 My eyes overflow with tears; day and night they do not cease… He has laid waste His tabernacle like a garden booth; The temple, the appointed center of Israel’s worship, had been torn down as easily as a temporary shelter in a garden. Its ruin revealed the severity of God’s judgment on Judah’s persistent sin. Isa 1:8 And the Daughter of Zion is abandoned like a shelter… He has destroyed His place of meeting. Jerusalem’s temple had been the place where sacrifices were offered and where the nation gathered before the LORD. Its destruction by Babylon in 586 BC marked the collapse of Judah’s public worship and national life. Exo 29:42-43 For the generations to come, this burnt offering… The LORD has made Zion forget her appointed feasts and Sabbaths. With the city burned, the people scattered, and the temple gone, the regular pattern of feasts, sacrifices, and Sabbath observance could no longer continue. The covenant signs that shaped Israel’s communal life were interrupted by exile. Hos 2:11 I will put an end to all her exultation: her feasts,… In His fierce anger He has despised both king and priest. Judah’s rulers and priests had failed to lead the nation in faithfulness to God. The fall of the monarchy and the disgrace of the priesthood showed that no position or office could shield those who rejected the LORD’s commands. Hos 13:11 So in My anger I gave you a king, and in My wrath… The Lord has rejected His altar; God’s judgment reached the center of Judah’s worship. Because the people persisted in idolatry, injustice, and covenant unfaithfulness, the sacrificial altar could no longer stand as a sign of their fellowship with Him. Hos 8:11-13 Though Ephraim multiplied the altars for sin,… He has abandoned His sanctuary; The Temple, where God had placed His name and manifested His glory, was left without His protecting presence. Its destruction showed that outward worship could not shield a rebellious nation from judgment. Psa 78:60-61 He abandoned the tabernacle of Shiloh, the tent… He has delivered the walls of her palaces into the hand of the enemy. Jerusalem’s royal buildings and defenses fell to the Babylonian army in 586 BC. The city’s strength, leadership, and security proved powerless when God gave it over to its enemies. 2Ki 25:9-10 He burned down the house of the LORD, the royal palace,… They have raised a shout in the house of the LORD as on the day of an appointed feast. Babylonian soldiers celebrated their victory within the Temple precincts, turning a place appointed for holy worship into a scene of conquest and desecration. The sound once associated with Israel’s sacred assemblies was replaced by the triumph of her enemies. Psa 74:4-8 Your foes have roared within Your meeting place;… The LORD determined to destroy the wall of the Daughter of Zion. Jerusalem, the Daughter of Zion, had been set apart as the city of God’s dwelling and the center of Judah’s worship. Yet the people’s long rebellion, idolatry, and refusal to heed God’s warnings brought the judgment announced through the prophets. When Babylon captured Jerusalem in 586 BC, its defenses and temple were destroyed, showing that the city’s security could not stand apart from covenant faithfulness. Isa 5:5 Now I will tell you what I am about to do to My vineyard:… He stretched out a measuring line and did not withdraw His hand from destroying. The destruction was neither accidental nor uncontrolled. God appointed its full extent, bringing the judgment He had repeatedly declared. His hand remained against the city until its punishment was complete. 2Ki 21:13 I will stretch out over Jerusalem the measuring line… He made the ramparts and walls lament; together they waste away. Jerusalem’s fortifications, once symbols of strength and safety, lay ruined with the city they had defended. Their collapse reflected the devastation of the nation and the loss of its former glory. The ruined walls testified that Judah’s rebellion had brought judgment upon every part of Jerusalem. Isa 3:26 And the gates of Zion will lament and mourn;… Her gates have sunk into the ground; Jerusalem’s defenses lay in ruins after the Babylonian conquest. Its gates, once centers of security, trade, and legal judgment, no longer served the city. Their collapse portrayed the humiliation of a city that had trusted in its position and defenses rather than obeying the Lord. Jer 14:2 “Judah mourns and her gates languish. Her people wail…”… He has destroyed and shattered their bars. The bars that secured the gates were broken, leaving Jerusalem exposed to its enemies. The destruction was not merely military defeat but God’s judgment upon Judah for persistent covenant unfaithfulness. Psa 107:16 For He has broken down the gates of bronze… Her king and her princes are exiled among the nations, The capture and deportation of Judah’s rulers marked the end of the Davidic kingdom’s visible rule in Jerusalem. Babylon removed the king, officials, and leading citizens, leaving the nation without its former leadership and scattered among foreign peoples. 2Ki 24:12-16 Jehoiachin king of Judah, his mother, his servants… the law is no more, With the temple destroyed, the priesthood disrupted, and the nation driven from the land, the ordinary public teaching and administration of God’s law had ceased. The spiritual order that had governed Jerusalem was broken along with its civil order. 2Ch 15:3 For many years Israel has been without the true God… and even her prophets find no vision from the LORD. God withheld prophetic revelation during the calamity. Those who had ignored His warnings could no longer expect fresh guidance, and Jerusalem faced the consequences of its rebellion without the assurance of a new word from the Lord. 1Sa 3:1 And the boy Samuel ministered to the LORD before Eli.… The elders of the Daughter of Zion sit on the ground in silence. Jerusalem’s elders, who once guided the people at the city gates, are reduced to silent grief. The Daughter of Zion, Jerusalem personified as a distressed daughter, lies devastated after the Babylonian destruction in 586 BC. The calamity has left its leaders without counsel or strength. Job 2:13 Then they sat on the ground with him for seven days… They have thrown dust on their heads and put on sackcloth. Dust and sackcloth mark public mourning, humiliation, and repentance. The leaders acknowledge the severity of God’s judgment and abandon all signs of dignity and comfort as the city’s ruin exposes the people’s sin and helplessness. Jos 7:6 Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell facedown… The young women of Jerusalem have bowed their heads to the ground. Even those associated with Jerusalem’s future share in its humiliation and sorrow. No part of the city has escaped the loss: its leaders mourn, its young are brought low, and the whole community bears the consequences of its fall. Psa 44:25 For our soul has sunk to the dust; our bodies… My eyes fail from weeping; Jeremiah’s grief is physically exhausting as he witnesses Jerusalem’s ruin. The fall of the city brought devastation to homes, families, and every part of public life. Psa 6:7 My eyes fail from grief; they grow dim… I am churning within. His sorrow is not distant observation but deep personal anguish. As God’s prophet and a member of Judah, he bears the pain of a people suffering under the judgment long warned of. Job 30:27 I am churning within and cannot rest;… My heart is poured out in grief He is emptied by the scale of the disaster. Jerusalem’s destruction reveals both the seriousness of Judah’s rebellion and the terrible cost borne by the nation. Psa 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts… over the destruction of the daughter of my people, Jerusalem is portrayed as a beloved daughter, emphasizing the closeness of Jeremiah’s bond with the city and its inhabitants. The Babylonian conquest in 586 BC left the capital shattered and its people exposed to death, famine, and captivity. Isa 22:4 Therefore I said, “Turn away from me, let me weep bitterly!… because children and infants faint in the streets of the city. The suffering of the youngest victims exposes the severity of the siege. Hunger had become so extreme that children collapsed in the streets, showing that the judgment had reached every household. Isa 51:20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street… They cry out to their mothers: Children, the most vulnerable victims of Jerusalem’s collapse, turn to their mothers for help when no help remains. The Babylonian siege had stripped families of food, safety, and every ordinary means of care. Lam 4:4 The nursing infant’s tongue clings in thirst… “Where is the grain and wine?” The children ask for the basic provisions that had disappeared from the city. Grain sustained life, and wine represented the ordinary blessings of peace and abundance; their absence reveals the severity of the famine. Jol 1:10-12 The field is ruined; the land mourns… as they faint like the wounded in the streets of the city, Starvation leaves them as helpless as soldiers struck down in battle. Jerusalem’s streets, once filled with daily life, have become places where the weak collapse and die. Isa 51:20 Your sons have fainted; they lie at the head of every street… as their lives fade away in the arms of their mothers. Mothers who would normally protect and nourish their children can only hold them as they perish. The scene exposes the full human cost of Jerusalem’s judgment and the grief carried by its families. 2Ki 4:20 After the servant had picked him up and carried him… What can I say for you? Jeremiah’s grief over Jerusalem leaves him without adequate words of comfort. The city’s ruin was not a passing hardship but the result of God’s judgment after persistent rebellion. Mat 23:37-38 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, who kills the prophets… To what can I compare you, O Daughter of Jerusalem? Jerusalem is portrayed as a beloved daughter, now devastated by Babylon’s conquest. The destruction of the city and Temple in 586 BC marked a national catastrophe unlike any ordinary loss. Mrk 4:30 Then He asked, “To what can we compare the kingdom of God?… To what can I liken you, that I may console you, O Virgin Daughter of Zion? Zion had been set apart as the place of God’s dwelling among His people, yet Judah’s idolatry and unfaithfulness brought shame and judgment. No comparison could lessen the scale of her devastation. Isa 40:1-2 “Comfort, comfort My people,” says your God.… For your wound is as deep as the sea. Jerusalem’s ruin was vast, touching its people, leadership, worship, and future. The outward destruction revealed the depth of the nation’s spiritual corruption. Jer 15:18 Why is my pain unending, and my wound incurable?… Who can ever heal you? No human power could restore what sin had destroyed. Healing depended on the mercy of the Lord, who alone could forgive, renew, and bring His people back from exile. Jer 8:22 Is there no balm in Gilead? Is no physician there?… The visions of your prophets were empty and deceptive; Judah’s prophets claimed to speak for God but gave the people false confidence. Rather than warning that Jerusalem’s sins would bring judgment, they promised safety and peace. Ezk 13:6-9 They see false visions and speak lying divinations.… they did not expose your guilt to ward off your captivity. Their refusal to confront idolatry, injustice, and covenant unfaithfulness left the nation unprepared for Babylon’s invasion. Genuine prophetic warning could have called the people to repentance before the exile came. Isa 58:1 Cry aloud, do not hold back! Raise your voice… The burdens they envisioned for you were empty and misleading. The messages they presented as divine revelations came from their own desires and misled Judah into believing judgment would not fall. Their false assurances helped deepen the nation’s rebellion and contributed to its ruin. Jer 23:33-40 “Now when this people or a prophet or priest asks you,… All who pass by clap their hands at you in scorn. After Babylon destroyed Jerusalem in 586 BC, travelers and neighboring peoples mocked the ruined city. Their contempt intensified the shame of Jerusalem’s fall, which came after generations of covenant rebellion and ignored warnings. Job 27:23 It claps its hands at him and hisses him out of his place. They hiss and shake their heads at the Daughter of Jerusalem: Jerusalem, portrayed as the Daughter of Jerusalem, had become helpless and disgraced before the nations. Gestures of hissing and head-shaking expressed disbelief that the city once protected by God had been brought so low. Jer 18:16 They have made their land a desolation, a perpetual… “Is this the city that was called the perfection of beauty, Jerusalem had been honored for its splendor, its temple, and its central place in Israel’s worship. Its ruined condition stood in stark contrast to the glory it possessed under David and Solomon. Psa 50:2 From Zion, perfect in beauty, God shines forth. the joy of all the earth?” The city had been the joy of the whole earth because God placed His name there and made it the center of worship for His people. Its destruction revealed the seriousness of God’s judgment while preserving the hope that He would one day restore Zion. Psa 48:2 Beautiful in loftiness, the joy of all the earth,… All your enemies open their mouths against you. Jerusalem’s fall drew open contempt from the surrounding nations, whose hostility toward Judah had long been evident. Their words were not merely taunts but expressions of delight at the city’s ruin and the suffering of its people. Lam 3:46 All our enemies open their mouths against us. They hiss and gnash their teeth, Their scorn was joined by anger and bitter satisfaction. Nations that had watched Judah’s decline regarded the destruction of Jerusalem as proof that her God had abandoned her, though the judgment came because of Judah’s persistent rebellion against Him. Ezk 27:36 Those who trade among the nations hiss at you;… saying, “We have swallowed her up. The enemies believed Jerusalem had been completely consumed and would never rise again. Babylon’s victory appeared final, and Judah’s former strength, temple, and royal city lay in ruins. Psa 35:25 Let them not say in their hearts, “Aha, just what we wanted”… This is the day for which we have waited. Jerusalem’s enemies had anticipated this moment, especially those neighboring peoples who resented Judah and rejoiced when Babylon attacked. What they celebrated, however, was the outworking of the judgment God had warned His people would follow their unfaithfulness. Ezk 26:2 Son of man, because Tyre has said of Jerusalem,… We have lived to see it!” Their triumph marked a devastating day for Jerusalem, but it did not end God’s purposes for His people. The city’s destruction brought deserved judgment, yet the Lord would preserve a remnant and later restore them according to His covenant promises. Psa 92:11 My eyes see the downfall of my enemies; my ears hear… The LORD has done what He planned; Jerusalem’s fall was not an accident of history or merely the result of Babylonian strength. God carried out the judgment He had long announced because Judah persisted in idolatry, injustice, and rebellion despite repeated warnings. Isa 14:24 The LORD of Hosts has sworn: “Surely, as I have planned,… He has accomplished His decree, The destruction fulfilled the covenant judgment God had declared for disobedience. His faithfulness includes both the promises of blessing for obedience and the warnings of discipline for rebellion. Isa 46:11 I summon a bird of prey from the east, a man for My purpose… which He ordained in days of old; From the days of Moses onward, Israel had known the terms of its covenant with the LORD. The disaster of Jerusalem showed that God’s warnings were neither empty nor forgotten. Isa 37:26 Have you not heard? Long ago I ordained it;… He has overthrown you without pity. The severity of the judgment reflected the depth and persistence of Judah’s sin. The city, its walls, its leaders, and the temple were handed over to destruction after the people refused correction. Ezk 5:11 Therefore as surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD,… He has let the enemy gloat over you Babylon’s victory brought humiliation to Jerusalem and rejoicing among her enemies. The nation that had trusted in its defenses and religious privileges became an object of scorn. Psa 22:17 I can count all my bones; they stare and gloat over me. and exalted the horn of your foes. The enemies of Judah were given strength and authority over her. Their triumph demonstrated that Israel’s security rested in the LORD, not in military power, political alliances, or the city itself. Psa 75:10 All the horns of the wicked I will cut off…… The hearts of the people cry out to the Lord. Jerusalem’s survivors, overwhelmed by the Babylonian siege and the city’s destruction, turn to God in anguish. Their suffering exposes both the severity of judgment for persistent rebellion and their need for His mercy. Psa 130:1-2 A song of ascents. Out of the depths I cry to You, O LORD!… O wall of the Daughter of Zion, Jerusalem is portrayed as a devastated city, its walls no longer able to protect its people. The fallen defenses testify to Babylon’s conquest and to the removal of the security Judah had presumed upon. Neh 1:3 And they told me, “The remnant who survived the exile… let your tears run down like a river day and night. The call is for unbroken mourning over the ruin of Zion, the loss of life, and the destruction of the temple. Their grief is fitting because the calamity is neither minor nor temporary, but the result of God’s judgment. Jer 9:1 Oh, that my head were a spring of water,… Give yourself no relief, Mourning is not to be quickly set aside. The people must face the full weight of their condition and seek the Lord with humility. Job 16:6 Even if I speak, my pain is not relieved,… and your eyes no rest. Their continual tears reflect desperate prayer and sorrow as Jerusalem lies in ruins and the people await God’s compassion. Psa 132:4-5 I will not give sleep to my eyes or slumber to my eyelids,… Arise, cry out in the night from the first watch of the night. Jerusalem’s survivors were urged to begin pleading with God as night fell, when the devastation of the siege and the suffering of the city could not be ignored. The call reflects urgent intercession amid famine, death, and the collapse of the city under Babylonian judgment. Psa 119:147-148 I rise before dawn and cry for help; in Your word… Pour out your heart like water in the presence of the Lord. Grief was not to be restrained or concealed. The people were to bring their anguish, repentance, and helplessness openly before the Lord, recognizing that only He could show mercy and restore what judgment had destroyed. Psa 62:8 Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts… Lift up your hands to Him for the lives of your children who are fainting from hunger on the corner of every street. The suffering had reached every part of Jerusalem. Children lay weakened by starvation throughout the streets, revealing the dreadful reality of the siege and the consequences of Judah’s rebellion. Their condition gave added urgency to the plea for God’s compassion and deliverance. Psa 63:4 So I will bless You as long as I live; in Your name… Look, O LORD, and consider: Jerusalem appeals to God to see the full extent of its misery and act in mercy. The city’s suffering is laid before the Judge who permitted it because of Judah’s rebellion. Psa 80:14 Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven… Whom have You ever treated like this? The destruction of Jerusalem in 586 BC brought famine, death, the fall of the temple, and the exile of many survivors to Babylon. The people regarded the calamity as extraordinary, even while recognizing it as the judgment their sins had brought upon them. Psa 147:20 He has done this for no other nation; they do not know… Should women eat their offspring, the infants they have nurtured? During the siege, starvation became so severe that mothers consumed their own children. Such horrors fulfilled the covenant curses warned against Israel’s disobedience and revealed the devastation caused by the Babylonian assault. Deu 28:53-57 Then you will eat the fruit of your womb,… Should priests and prophets be killed in the sanctuary of the Lord? Religious leaders were slain in the temple precincts, the place appointed for worship and sacrifice. The deaths of priests and prophets in God’s sanctuary showed that neither office nor sacred location could shield a persistently rebellious nation from judgment. 2Ch 24:20-22 Then the Spirit of God came upon Zechariah son of Jehoiada… Both young and old lie together in the dust of the streets. Jerusalem’s destruction spared no age or rank. Elderly citizens, who represented the memory and stability of the community, and children, who represented its future, perished together. Their bodies left in the streets reveal the collapse of normal order and the disgrace of being denied burial. 2Ch 36:17 So He brought up against them the king of the Chaldeans,… My young men and maidens have fallen by the sword. The city’s strongest and most promising generation was cut down in the Babylonian assault. Those who might have defended Jerusalem, formed families, and rebuilt the nation were lost to the violence of war. Deu 32:25 Outside, the sword will take their children,… You have slain them in the day of Your anger; Though Babylon carried out the attack, Jeremiah recognizes that the disaster came under God’s judgment. Judah’s long rebellion against the Lord had brought the covenant curses He had warned of. Isa 13:13 Therefore I will make the heavens tremble,… You have slaughtered them without compassion. The severity of the judgment reflects the seriousness of Judah’s persistent sin. The Lord’s restraint had been rejected repeatedly, and Jerusalem endured the full consequences of its rebellion. Jer 13:14 I will smash them against one another, fathers and sons… You summoned my terrors on every side, The Lord called calamity against Jerusalem from every direction, gathering the forces and horrors of the Babylonian siege as readily as crowds assemble for a public occasion. The city was surrounded by violence, famine, and death, with no refuge remaining. Jer 20:10 For I have heard the whispering of many:… as for the day of an appointed feast. What had been a time of worship and rejoicing became an image of Jerusalem’s enemies gathering for destruction. The judgment came at the time appointed by God and could not be delayed. Hos 9:5 What will you do on the appointed day, on the day… In the day of the LORD’s anger Jerusalem’s fall in 586 BC revealed God’s wrath against the nation’s long rebellion. The Babylonian army acted as the instrument of that judgment. Zep 1:15 That day will be a day of wrath, a day of trouble… no one escaped or survived; The ruin was complete. Those who remained in the city suffered the full consequences of the siege, and many were killed or carried into exile. Jos 11:14 The Israelites took all the plunder and livestock… my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared. Jerusalem mourns her children, whom she had raised and protected, now slain by the invading Babylonians. The loss of her people marked the devastation of the city, its homes, and its future. Hos 11:3-4 It was I who taught Ephraim to walk, taking them by the arms… This is a draft of the Berean Study Bible. Please send all comments and recommendations to bereanstudybible@aol.com. Bible Hub |
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