Except for the principles of grieving and God’s mercy that Lamentations contains, the book is much more for the Jews than for the Gentiles. 6- Jerusalem is Captured Therefore, the immediate events that he is facing are the anomaly, not the days of grace and mercy. Now on the tenth day of the fifth month, which was the nineteenth year of King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard, who was in the service of the king of Babylon, came to Jerusalem. The days before her destruction marked the fulfillment of Jeremiah’s words about the coming famine, pestilence, and sword. by way of the Arabah. How to Obtain Help from Jesus (Matthew 15:21-28). And Jesus said unto them, "See ye not all these things? In other words, it was not logic that brought these amazing thoughts into his head and caused such a turn for hope. As the armies of Babylon advanced through the land of Judah, the word went out to enter the fortified cities. survivors were hauled across the Syrian Desert to Babylon, many of them 4. And they will fall by the edge of the sword, and be led away captive into all nations. Archaeological evidence suggests that by the 17th century BCE, the Canaaniteshad built massive walls (4 and 5 ton boulders, 26 feet high) on the eastern side of Jerusalem to protect their ancient water system. Unlike the first chapter that is on the outside looking in, or the second and third chapters that is the man alone in his grieving, this fourth chapter contains the confession of the nation. Don is an elder at Cobb Vineyard Christian Fellowship in Kennesaw, Georgia. With whom have You dealt thus? He is in denial. The fall of the city marked the effective conclusion of a four-year campaign against the Jewish insurgency in Judaea. It is hard for us to appreciate what it is like to be a nation dispersed among the nations and whose homeland lies in desolation. Lamentations’ last chapter is a national appeal. Once you recognize personally that God renews His mercies and lovingkindnesses in our lives, you should have the will to train the next generation and enter into community. Fuel: Except for fresh vegetables, fruit, and nuts, most of the food people eat requires cooking. 5- Rumor of Egyptian Forces Scriptures. Bitterly she weeps in the night and her tears are on her cheeks . On July 10, 586 Explain to the class that in today’s Bible story the people in Jerusalem ignore God’s warning. Jerusalem must, therefore, have been destroyed seventy years earlier, in 607 BCE. But for now, in this age, we can take comfort in Paul's perspective. 2 Chronicles 28:17 - For again the Edomites had come and smitten Judah, and carried away captives.. 2 On the ninth day of the fourth month of Zedekiah's eleventh … It is pointless to try to forget them; the images will remain too strong. Against me He has turned His hand all the day. The shift to doublets and then just 22 singletons show a loss of energy, and then quiet. That prophet is a young man named Jeremiah. 2. Corpses: People will begin to die – some of natural causes, but eventually disease will take its toll. Fall of Jerusalem. They ascribe to the Lord all the devastation that has come upon the land. It would seem that TISHA B’AV splits the difference. Ancient Israel in Jerusalem and they worshiped him. Jeremiah's Prophecies. At this point, it becomes easy to envision what Jeremiah meant when he told the people that famine, pestilence, and the sword were coming. monarchy had ended and this marked the end of the First Temple Period. Of course, it was the function of the city to provide such protection, but one must still imagine the impact of such drastically increased numbers during a long siege. Timeline of Events. Lodging, food, and fuel are certainly important issues in this city under siege. and a covenant-breaker and one that had forgotten his former words, when he was under siege for many long months as the food ran out and disease and Messianic Prophecies 1- Babylon Approaching As Jeremiah wrote, “Speak, ‘Thus says the Lord, “The corpses of men will fall like dung on the open field, And like the sheaf after the reaper, but no one will gather them”’” (Jeremiah 9:22). Here is what the Bible says about Israel in the end times: 586 BC: The Fall of Jerusalem In 586 BC the Babylonian military, led by King Nebuchadnezzar, succeeded in breaking a two-year-long siege and destroyed much of the city of Jerusalem; her walls, palaces, and most devastatingly, the Temple of Solomon. Once you have a city crowded with makeshift shelters of unwashed malnourished people, you have a recipe for the rapid spread of disease. You can see both hope and impatience, and a certain lack of certainty about the future. The Jewish He saw the destruction and the famine and the disease. They captured him near Jericho and brought him to Nebuchadnezzar. Nebuchadnezzar and the Fall of Jerusalem Posted on June 29, 2018 by Claude Mariottini Nebuchadnezzar II, the Neo-Babylonian Empire’s second king, was the most famous king of the Chaldeans, a people whom Jeremiah called “an ancient nation” (Jeremiah 5:15). I do not think that they would attempt storage. Each verse has a single thought. My eyes fail because of tears, my spirit is greatly troubled; my heart is poured out on the earth because of the destruction of the daughter of my people, when little ones and infants faint In the streets of the city. Pray for the remainder of the class time before moving forward with the lesson. Overview She has become like a widow who was once great among the nations. This brings us to the final logistical problem. Verses 1 through 11 can be made to sound like an on-scene reporter describing the recent events. The triplets moving to 66 singletons emulate a building of intensity as grief swells in the chest. See, O Lord, and look! But even as the Lord plans Jerusalem’s destruction, He sends his people a prophet to warn, challenge, and comfort them. The Fall of Jerusalem Following Zedekiah’s rebellion in 598BC, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon turned his wrath against Jerusalem, finally capturing the city in July 587BC after a long siege lasting a year and a half. Time does not permit the telling of their story, but it, too, is tragic. Jerusalem fell at the hands of the Romans just thirty‑three years after Jesus Christ made detailed predictions about its fall. Especially when the food finally runs out. Among those streaming into the “safety” behind the walls were nomadic tribes such as the Rechabites (Jeremiah 35:11). How lonely sits the city that was full of people. Lamentations 1 provides hints at the reasons for the destruction, but the second chapter is descriptive of that destruction by first focusing on what the Lord has done, and second, by focusing on what the author has seen. They are new every morning; great is Your faithfulness. How much more did the author of Lamentations overcome to find hope in this truth? Various attempts to harmonize the date 586 BCE with what the Bible says are therefore unsatisfactory. The Lord is full of lovingkindness and mercy. The Lord’s lovingkindnesses indeed never cease, for His compassions never fail. The first covered Jeremiah’s word about the coming judgment of the Lord against Judah and Jerusalem. . The kings after Josiah led the people into all kinds of rebellion against the Lord, and sealed Jerusalem’s fate. [The city of Jerusalem was divinely sentenced to punishment for her sins.] Many would become quickly destitute. The final lesson will return to Jeremiah and look at his teaching of the New Covenant. Most of the survivors were packed off to Babylon, but the poorest of the poor were left in the land. This works out to be about eighteen months of an increasingly terrible situation.
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