PROCLAMATION
“And Nebuzar-adan captain
of the guard took these, and brought them to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and
the king of Babylon smote them, and slew them at Riblah in the land of
Hamath. So Judah was carried away out of
their land.” 2 Kings 25:20-21 (KJV)
EXPLANATION
These words
were written under the influence of The Holy Spirit of God. The human author is unknown although some
Bible scholars attribute this book to the prophet Jeremiah. After Nebuchadnezzar
the king of Babylon had set up Zedekiah as king of Judah, the Chaldean army
attacked the city. Zedekiah and his army
fled by night via the king’s garden gate and went into the plains. The Chaldean army pursued them and his army scattered. Zedekiah was captured and taken to
Babylon. There they slew the sons of
Zedekiah as he watched, then they put out his eyes and bound him. (2 Kings 25:1-7) Then Nebuzar-adan, the captain of the guard
in Babylon, went to Jerusalem and burned down the house of The Lord, and the
king’s house, and all of the other houses in Jerusalem. He carried away all of the people except the
very poor who were left to be vinedressers and husbandmen. (2 Kings
25:8-12) He stripped the gold, silver
and brass from all of the pillars and fixtures from the house of The Lord and
the king’s house before they burned them down.
He took the priests, the officers, and the well-to-do people of Judah to
Babylon and slew them all. (2 Kings 25: 13-21)
For the poor people that were left in Judah, Nebuchadnezzar the king of
Babylon appointed Gedaliah, the grandson of Shaphan, to be their ruler. When the men of valor who had scattered heard
that Gedaliah had been made governor of Judah, they returned. But he told them to serve the king of Babylon
and all would be well. However, they disagreed
with him and got together and killed him. (2 Kings 25:22-25) When the people heard what they had done,
they fled to Egypt for fear of what the Chaldean and Babylonian armies might do
in retaliation. However, the new king of
Babylon, Evil-merodach, took Jehoiachin the king of Judah out of prison and
treated him like one of the kings of Babylon. (2 Kings 25:26-30)
APPLICATION
The Word of God will be
fulfilled, and all of the promises of The Lord will come to pass. (Joshua
21:45) We will receive all that has been
promised to us because we are believers and partakers of His divine nature. (2
Peter 1:4) However, if we do not believe
and do not obey His Holy Word, then we will receive the punishment that was
promised. (Revelation 20:15)
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