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Judah, like Israel, was guilty of idolatry, apostasy, corruption and moral degeneracy. They had erected altars to a host of foreign gods whom they worshiped alongside the L<small>ORD</small>. The fertility cult’s sacred prostitution was practiced in the Temple at Jerusalem. Some of the people even took part in the pagan practice of human sacrifice, making “their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech.”<ref>Jer. 32:35.</ref> | Judah, like Israel, was guilty of idolatry, apostasy, corruption and moral degeneracy. They had erected altars to a host of foreign gods whom they worshiped alongside the L<small>ORD</small>. The fertility cult’s sacred prostitution was practiced in the Temple at Jerusalem. Some of the people even took part in the pagan practice of human sacrifice, making “their sons and their daughters to pass through the fire unto Molech.”<ref>Jer. 32:35.</ref> | ||
The L<small>ORD</small>’s prophecy through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The king of Judah rebelled against the Babylonians, and in 597 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem and deported the king and leading men of Judah. In 587 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>., the Babylonians totally destroyed Jerusalem—looting, burning every building including the Temple, and deporting all but a few inhabitants. A third deportation took place in 582 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. Although they had been taken from their homeland, the conditions for the exiles were not unfavorable. The Jews became farmers, merchants, traders, soldiers, even government officials, some rising to positions of wealth. | The L<small>ORD</small>’s prophecy through Jeremiah was fulfilled. The king of Judah rebelled against the Babylonians, and in 597 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. the Babylonian king Nebuchadnezzar besieged Jerusalem and deported the king and leading men of Judah. | ||
In 587 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>., the Babylonians totally destroyed Jerusalem—looting, burning every building including the Temple, and deporting all but a few inhabitants. A third deportation took place in 582 <small>B</small>.<small>C</small>. Although they had been taken from their homeland, the conditions for the exiles were not unfavorable. The Jews became farmers, merchants, traders, soldiers, even government officials, some rising to positions of wealth. | |||
== The coming of the Messiah == | == The coming of the Messiah == | ||