![]() ![]() Nebuchadnezzar, the Lord's "servant," would take the Judahites from their land (vv. ![]() Despite having received many chances to turn from idolatry, Judah rejected the word of the Lord (Jer. ![]() Isaiah's prophecy about Judah going into Babylon was beginning to come true, and Jeremiah saw Judah rushing headlong into exile by its rebellion. Babylon had gained control of the Middle East a year earlier and was forcing Judah to serve the empire as a vassal state and pay tribute (2 Kings 24:1). Jeremiah gave the prophecy recorded in today's passage "in the fourth year of Jehoiakim"-604 B.C. The Lord's patience with the southern kingdom of Judah ran out about 120 years later. God's patience with the northern kingdom of Israel ran out in 722 B.C., and Israel was exiled to Assyria (2 Kings 17:7–23). Persistent, impenitent, and flagrant covenant violation would get them expelled from the Promised Land. Deuteronomy 28:15–68 reveals that while the Lord was slow to get angry with His old covenant people, warning them of their sin's consequences through many hardships, His patience was not eternal. ![]()
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