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• Haggai 1Bible

  Haggai 1 records the message the prophet Haggai delivered to the people of Judah, who had returned from exile but kept postponing the rebuilding of the temple, urging them to resume the work. It also recounts how the leaders and the people obeyed and began work on the temple.

• Jeremiah 44Bible

  Jeremiah 44 is the chapter in which Jeremiah rebukes the people of Judah who had gone down to Egypt for burning incense to the queen of heaven, and pronounces judgment on those who refuse to listen.

• 2 Kings 25Bible

  The final chapter of 2 Kings, recording the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonian siege, the burning of the temple, the carrying away of the people of Judah into captivity, the assassination of the governor Gedaliah, and the release of the captive king Jehoiachin from prison.

• NebuchadnezzarPeople

  Nebuchadnezzar was king of the Babylonian (Neo-Babylonian) Empire. He destroyed Jerusalem and its temple and carried the people of Judah into captivity. In the Book of Daniel, he is a central figure in the accounts of his dreams and the fiery furnace.

• Nehemiah 2Bible

  In this chapter Nehemiah receives permission and letters from the Persian king Artaxerxes, travels to Jerusalem, inspects the ruined walls by night, proposes to the people of Judah that the wall be rebuilt, and answers the mockery of his opponents.

• Jeremiah 34Bible

  Jeremiah 34 is a 22-verse chapter containing an oracle delivered to King Zedekiah while the Babylonian army besieged Jerusalem, together with a declaration of judgment against the people of Judah, who made a covenant to release their Hebrew servants and then reversed it.

• RabshakehPeople

  Rabshakeh was a high-ranking official whom Sennacherib, king of Assyria, sent to Hezekiah, king of Judah. He is known for a speech before the walls of Jerusalem in which he demanded that the people of Judah surrender and mocked the LORD.

• Jeremiah 4Bible

  Jeremiah 4 urges Israel to return to God and circumcise their hearts, then depicts an invasion from the north and the desolation of the land of Judah, recording the lament of the prophet who witnesses it.

• PersiaBible

  Persia is the Old Testament name for the Persian Empire. Having overthrown Babylon, it permitted the Judean exiles to return home and rebuild the temple, and it forms the backdrop for Ezra, Nehemiah, Esther, and Daniel.

• Johanan (son of Kareah)People

  Johanan the son of Kareah was one of the military captains who remained in the land of Judah after Babylon destroyed Jerusalem. He warned Governor Gedaliah of a plot against his life and, contrary to the word of Jeremiah, led the remnant of the people down to Egypt.

• Paleo-Hebrew ScriptBible

  The Paleo-Hebrew script is the consonantal alphabet that the people of Israel and Judah used to write Hebrew before the Babylonian exile. It predates the square script now used in the Hebrew Bible and is also called the Old Hebrew script.

• Nehemiah 11Bible

  Nehemiah 11 records how, after the walls were rebuilt, one tenth of the people were chosen by lot to resettle the underpopulated city of Jerusalem, and it lists those who lived in Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah and Benjamin.

• Jeremiah 43Bible

  Jeremiah 43 records how Johanan and the remnant of Judah rejected Jeremiah's warning as false and went down to Tahpanhes in Egypt, taking Jeremiah and Baruch with them. There Jeremiah buried large stones as a symbolic act, prophesying that Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, would invade Egypt.

• LibyaBible

  Libya (Lubim) is the biblical name for the land of North Africa west of Egypt and for its people. In the Old Testament its people appear alongside the Egyptian army; in the New Testament the region is named as a place of origin for the crowd gathered in Jerusalem at Pentecost.

• Joel 2:12-14Bible Verses

  A passage in which the prophet Joel calls the people of Judah to return to God with fasting and weeping, and to rend their hearts rather than their garments. It is a key text emphasizing inward repentance over outward appearance and is frequently read on Ash Wednesday and in sermons on repentance.

• Ezekiel 18:19–20Bible Verses

  A passage in which God declared through Ezekiel during the Babylonian exile that "the son shall not bear the iniquity of the father." It is a key text for the principle that each person is accountable for his or her own sin, and it is frequently cited in discussions of original sin and the doctrine of generational curses.

• Jeremiah 17:5–10Bible Verses

  Jeremiah 17:5–10 is a prophetic oracle of Jeremiah that compares the one who trusts in man to a shrub in the desert and the one who trusts in the LORD to a tree planted by the waters. Verse 9, "The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked," is frequently cited to explain human sinfulness.

• Ezekiel 36:25–27Bible Verses

  A promise delivered by Ezekiel, a prophet of the Babylonian exile, in which God declares that he will cleanse Israel with water, give the people a new heart and a new spirit, and put his own Spirit within them so that they will keep his statutes. It is frequently cited as a key Old Testament text on regeneration and the indwelling of the Holy Spirit.

• Zechariah 4:6Bible Verses

  Zechariah 4:6, "Not by might, nor by power, but by my spirit, saith the LORD of hosts" (KJV), is a word addressed to Zerubbabel, who was charged with rebuilding the temple after the return from exile. It is widely used as a motto for church planting, building projects, and ministry.

• Micah 6:8Bible Verses

  A declaration that what God requires of people is to do justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with God. It is widely cited as a summary of prophetic faith, which places the conduct of life ahead of sacrifice.