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• Isaiah 5

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 5 rebukes Judah and Israel through the Song of the Unfruitful Vineyard and pronounces judgment through six woes and a prophecy of invasion by an army from a distant nation.

• Jeremiah 8

  [Bible]

  Jeremiah 8 indicts Judah for its idolatry and refusal to repent, announces the coming judgment, and then laments deeply over the wounded people.

• Jeremiah 17

  [Bible]

  Jeremiah 17 addresses Judah's deep-rooted sin and coming judgment, contrasts the one who trusts in man with the one who trusts in the LORD, records Jeremiah's prayer of lament, and presents the message on Sabbath observance that he proclaimed at the city gates.

• Zephaniah 2

  [Bible]

  Zephaniah 2 calls Judah to repentance and then prophesies judgment on the surrounding nations, including Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Cush, and Assyria, along with the restoration promised to the remnant of Judah.

• Ezra (Scribe)

  [People]

  Ezra was a priest and scribe of Judah in the Persian period who returned from Babylon to Jerusalem and taught the law of Moses. He appears in Ezra 7–10, Nehemiah 8, and elsewhere.

• Daniel (Prophet)

  [People]

  Daniel was a man of Judah who, according to the Bible, served in the royal court during the Babylonian exile. He is the central figure of the Book of Daniel and is widely known for interpreting dreams and for his deliverance from the lions' den.

• Micah (Prophet)

  [People]

  Micah was a prophet active in Judah in the late eighth century BC, whose prophecies are preserved in the Old Testament Book of Micah. He denounced the leaders who oppressed the people and prophesied that a ruler would come forth from Bethlehem.

• Return from Exile

  [Bible]

  The return from exile was the return of the people of Judah, who had been carried off to Babylon, to Jerusalem in several waves after the decree of Cyrus, king of Persia, and their rebuilding of the temple and the city walls.

• Isaiah 30:15

  [Bible Verses]

  Isaiah 30:15 is addressed to Judah, which was seeking an alliance with Egypt in the face of the Assyrian threat. It declares that salvation and strength lie not in military calculation but in returning to God and trusting Him in quietness. The verse is frequently cited in discussions of trust and waiting amid anxiety.

• Pharisees

  [Bible]

  The Pharisees were a group within Judaism in the New Testament era. They strictly observed the Law of Moses and "the tradition of the elders," and in the Gospels they appear chiefly as opponents who dispute with Jesus.

• Jehoiachin

  [People]

  Jehoiachin was a king of Judah who reigned for about three months before surrendering to Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and being carried off to Babylon. Scripture also calls him Jeconiah and Coniah.

• Elimelech

  [People]

  Elimelech is a man of Bethlehem in Judah who appears in the Book of Ruth. The husband of Naomi, he moved with his family to Moab to escape a famine and died there.

• Moresheth

  [Bible]

  Moresheth was a town in southwestern Judah, identified in Scripture as the hometown of the prophet Micah. Micah 1:1 and Jeremiah 26:18 refer to him as "Micah the Morasthite."

• Tekoa

  [Bible]

  Tekoa was a town of Judah south of Bethlehem, on the edge of the Judean wilderness. It was the hometown of the prophet Amos and the home of the "wise woman" who urged David to allow Absalom's return.

• Gemariah

  [People]

  Gemariah was a high official of Judah in the reign of King Jehoiakim and the son of Shaphan the scribe. Baruch read the prophecies of Jeremiah aloud in his chamber, and when the king burned the scroll, Gemariah pleaded with him not to burn it (Jeremiah 36).

• Adullam

  [Bible]

  Adullam was a Canaanite and later Judahite town in the lowland (the low hill country, or Shephelah) of Judah. It is best known as the site of the "cave of Adullam," where David hid from Saul.

• Timnah

  [Bible]

  Timnah is an Old Testament town in the border region between the tribes of Judah and Dan. It is best known as the place where Samson sought to marry a Philistine woman.

• 2 Kings 24

  [Bible]

  2 Kings 24 records King Jehoiakim of Judah's rebellion against King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, Jehoiachin's surrender and the first large-scale deportation to Babylon, and the accession of Zedekiah.

• Shadrach

  [People]

  Shadrach, originally named Hananiah, is a man of Judah in the Book of Daniel. One of Daniel's three friends, he refused with Meshach and Abednego to bow down to a golden image. The three were cast into a fiery furnace and came out alive.

• Isaiah 30

  [Bible]

  Isaiah 30 is a prophecy that rebukes Judah for relying on Egypt without seeking counsel from God, yet proclaims that the LORD waits to be gracious, promising restoration for His people and judgment on Assyria.