Jeremiah 25 - Seventy Years Captivity

 

Jeremiah 25 – Seventy Years Captivity.

 

God spoke of King Nebuchadnezzar as His servant because He uses him to pass judgment on the Israelites and their land.

 

God intends even today to let the people know that He will not only judge the people but the land also. There is a judgment on the land as sure as the curse of sin in on the earth.

 

God told the Israelites that they will go into captivity, and He will take away all the fun they have been having, nor will there be any more marrying or giving in marriage. All business and commerce will come to an end, and they will not be able to enjoy an evening at home anymore. They will be living in a foreign county while their land will be at rest. For seventy years the Israelites would be held captive in the land of Babylon, and no one would tend their land for all those seventy years.

 

God promised blessings if His word was kept but He warned them of judgment if it was not kept. If they walked contrary to Him, then He would walk contrary to them.

At the time of Jeremiah, this was a prophecy. Today it is history.

 

The Babylonians took the King, the princes, nobles, soldiers, and officers. There was only one remnant left in Judah that paid tribute to King Nebuchadnezzar. Jeremiah mentions the people then goes on to list the places that were captured. Jerusalem, Uz, the land of the Philistines, Ashkelon, Azza, Akron and so on and so forth. God told them that if they sinned the wine cup will keep filling with God’s wrath until it pours out over the nations. Then He will cause the nations to drink of His wrath.

 

This proves that all nations all over the world are responsible to God and need to take heed to God’s word. Then at the end of the seventy years, God will turn it around and punish Babylon for being so mean to God’s people. He did the same thing to the Assyrians in 2 Chronicles. Once they return, they will rebuild Jerusalem again.

 

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