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• Jeremiah 34

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  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.

• Ezekiel 23

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  Ezekiel 23 is a prophetic parable that likens Samaria, the capital of the northern kingdom of Israel, and Jerusalem, the capital of Judah, to two sisters, Oholah and Oholibah, who played the harlot. Through this image it indicts their alliances with foreign nations and their idolatry, and it pronounces judgment upon them.

• Ezekiel 25

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  Ezekiel 25 is the first chapter of the oracles against the foreign nations (chapters 25–32). It pronounces judgment on Ammon, Moab, Edom, and Philistia for rejoicing over Judah's downfall or for taking vengeance on Judah.

• Amos 2

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  Amos 2 continues the oracles against the nations begun in chapter 1, extending them to Moab and Judah, and finally indicts the northern kingdom of Israel for its social injustice and ingratitude, proclaiming a judgment from which there is no escape.

• Obadiah 1

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  Obadiah 1 constitutes the entire single-chapter Book of Obadiah. It prophesies judgment on Edom, which stood by and plundered when its brother Jacob (Judah) suffered calamity, and foretells the restoration of Zion on the day of the LORD.

• Hosea 5

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  Hosea 5 summons the priests, the house of Israel, and the house of the king and pronounces judgment on northern Israel (Ephraim) and southern Judah. It rebukes their reliance on Assyria and closes with God's declaration that He will wait until the people acknowledge their offense and seek Him.

• Joel 3

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  Joel 3 is the final chapter of the Book of Joel. In this prophecy God gathers the nations into the valley of Jehoshaphat for judgment, restores Judah and Jerusalem, and declares that he will dwell in Zion.

• Zechariah 10

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  Zechariah 10 is a prophecy declaring that the LORD, not idols, gives rain. It announces judgment on false shepherds and promises that God will strengthen the house of Judah and the house of Joseph and gather His scattered people once more.

• Jonathan (son of Kareah)

  [People]

  Jonathan, son of Kareah and brother of Johanan, was one of the captains of the forces of Judah who came to Gedaliah, governor of Judah, at Mizpah after the fall of Jerusalem.

• Kore

  [People]

  Kore was a Levite, the son of Imnah, who served during the reign of King Hezekiah of the southern kingdom of Judah. He was gatekeeper of the east gate of the temple and was placed in charge of distributing the freewill offerings and the most holy things (2 Chronicles 31:14).

• Conaniah

  [People]

  Conaniah was the chief Levite who took charge of the offerings, tithes, and dedicated things gathered in the temple storerooms during the reign of King Hezekiah of Judah. He appears in 2 Chronicles 31:12–13.

• Nethaniah

  [People]

  Nethaniah was the son of Elishama, a member of the royal family in the final years of the kingdom of Judah. He was the father of Ishmael, who assassinated Gedaliah, the governor appointed by Babylon. Scripture mentions him only in connection with his son's name.

• Sheshai

  [People]

  Sheshai was a descendant of Anak who lived in Hebron at the time of the conquest of Canaan. Scripture names him together with Ahiman and Talmai and records that he was driven out or killed when Caleb and the tribe of Judah took Hebron.

• Amasai

  [People]

  Amasai is a figure in 1 Chronicles 12, the "chief of the thirty" among the men of Benjamin and Judah who came to David while he was fleeing from Saul. Moved by the Spirit, he declared his loyalty to David.

• Zibiah

  [People]

  Zibiah is a woman from Beersheba mentioned in 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles in the Old Testament. She was the mother of King Joash of Judah.

• Ahiman

  [People]

  Ahiman was a descendant of Anak who lived in Hebron before the conquest of Canaan. He is named in the Bible together with Sheshai and Talmai and was driven out by Caleb and the people of Judah.

• Jezaniah

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  Jezaniah, the son of Hoshaiah, was a military commander who led the remnant of the people immediately after Judah fell to Babylon. Together with Johanan, he asked Jeremiah to seek God's direction for the way they should go (Jeremiah 42:1).

• Joah (Recorder under Hezekiah)

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  Joah, the son of Asaph, was the recorder under King Hezekiah of Judah. When the Assyrian army threatened Jerusalem, he went out with Eliakim and Shebna to meet the Rabshakeh.

• Irijah

  [People]

  Irijah was the captain of the ward at the Benjamin Gate of Jerusalem during the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah. He seized the prophet Jeremiah as he was leaving the city, accusing him of deserting to the Chaldeans, and handed him over to the officials (Jeremiah 37).

• Azur

  [People]

  Azur is a Gibeonite mentioned in the Old Testament Book of Jeremiah as the father of Hananiah, a false prophet active during the reign of King Zedekiah of Judah.