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Isaiah 26
[Bible]Isaiah 26 opens with a song to be sung "in that day" in the land of Judah. It speaks of the peace of those who trust in the Lord, judgment on the proud, prayer in distress, and the promise that the dead will live again.
Isaiah 28
[Bible]Isaiah 28 is a prophetic chapter that rebukes the pride of the drunken leaders of Ephraim and Judah and, through the image of a foundation stone laid in Zion and the parable of the farmer, proclaims God's judgment and wisdom.
Jeremiah 3
[Bible]Jeremiah 3 is the third chapter of the Book of Jeremiah. It rebukes idolatrous Israel and Judah by likening them to a wife who has betrayed her husband, yet it also calls them to repentance and restoration with the words "Return, ye backsliding children."
Jeremiah 7
[Bible]Jeremiah 7 contains the so-called "Temple Sermon," which Jeremiah proclaimed at the gate of the temple. It rebukes Judah for trusting in the mere presence of the temple while refusing to forsake sin, and warns that the nation will be judged as Shiloh was.
Jeremiah 27
[Bible]Jeremiah 27 is the chapter in which Jeremiah wears a yoke on his neck and tells Judah and five neighboring nations to serve the king of Babylon. He also warns that prophecies of the temple vessels' imminent return from Babylon are false.
Jeremiah 30
[Bible]Jeremiah 30 is a prophecy of restoration in which God promises to bring again the captivity of Israel and Judah and return them to the land of their fathers. It speaks of "the time of Jacob's trouble" and the deliverance that follows, the healing of the people's wounds, and the covenant promise, "Ye shall be my people, and I will be your God."
Jeremiah 50
[Bible]Jeremiah 50 is a prophecy that Babylon, which overthrew Judah, will be destroyed by a nation from the north, and that the scattered people of Israel and Judah will return and receive pardon for their sins.
Ezekiel 19
[Bible]Ezekiel 19 is a lament, or funeral song, composed for the kings of Judah, whom it calls "the princes of Israel." Through two images, a lioness with her cubs and a vine planted by the waters, it mourns the downfall of the royal house.
Ezekiel 37
[Bible]Ezekiel 37 contains Ezekiel's vision of the valley of dry bones and the sign of joining the two sticks of Judah and Ephraim into one. It conveys the promise that exiled Israel will be brought back to life by the Spirit of God and restored as one nation.
Joel 1
[Bible]The first chapter of the Book of Joel describes a locust plague and drought that have devastated the land of Judah, calls the people and priests to lament, fast, and gather in solemn assembly, and proclaims that "the day of the LORD" is at hand.
Zephaniah 1
[Bible]Zephaniah 1 records the word that came to Zephaniah in the days of Josiah. It indicts Judah and Jerusalem for idolatry and religious indifference and proclaims the coming judgment of the "day of the LORD."
Zechariah 12
[Bible]Zechariah 12 is a prophecy that "in that day" the LORD will defeat the nations gathered against Jerusalem and will defend Judah and Jerusalem. It also declares that the LORD will pour out upon the house of David the spirit of grace and of supplications, and that the people will look upon the one who was pierced and mourn greatly.
Chelubai
[People]Chelubai is an Old Testament figure named in 1 Chronicles 2:9 as a son of Hezron of the tribe of Judah. He was a brother of Jerahmeel and Ram and is commonly identified with "Caleb the son of Hezron" in verses 18 and following of the same chapter.
Jeremiah (of Libnah)
[People]Jeremiah of Libnah was the father of Hamutal, the wife of King Josiah of Judah, and the maternal grandfather of Kings Jehoahaz and Zedekiah. He is a different person from the prophet Jeremiah, who bore the same name.
Zephaniah (son of Maaseiah)
[People]Zephaniah son of Maaseiah was a priest who served as the second priest, ranking next to the high priest, during the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah. He was sent by the king as an envoy to Jeremiah and was executed at Riblah after the fall of Jerusalem.
Zebadiah (son of Ishmael)
[People]Zebadiah, the son of Ishmael and ruler of the house of Judah, lived during the reign of King Jehoshaphat of Judah. When the king established a judicial system in Jerusalem, Zebadiah was placed over "all the king's matters" (2 Chronicles 19:11).
Eliakim
[People]Eliakim was the official in charge of the royal household under Hezekiah, king of Judah. The son of Hilkiah, he met and negotiated with the Assyrian envoy Rabshakeh and was sent by the king to the prophet Isaiah.
Amariah
[People]Amariah was the chief priest during the reign of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah. When Jehoshaphat established a judicial system in Jerusalem, he placed Amariah over "all matters of the LORD" (2 Chronicles 19:11).
Azariah (High Priest)
[People]Azariah was high priest during the reign of Uzziah, king of Judah. When Uzziah entered the temple to burn incense himself, Azariah followed him in with eighty priests and withstood him. The account appears in 2 Chronicles 26.
2 Kings
[Bible]Second Kings is a historical book of the Old Testament that records, in twenty-five chapters, the later history of the divided kingdom, from Elijah's ascent into heaven through the fall of the northern kingdom of Israel and the southern kingdom of Judah to the release of the captive King Jehoiachin.