Jer. xiii, 19. The cities of the south shall be shut up, and none Jer. xxix, 10, 11. For thus saith shall open them; Judah shall be be accomplished at Babylon I will the LORD, that after seventy years carried away captive all of it, it visit you, and perform my good shall be wholly carried away cap-word toward you, in causing you to return to this place. For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, saith the LORD, thoughts of peace, and not of evil, to give you an expected end.

behold the eyes of the king of Babylon, and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth, and thou shalt go to Babylon.

Jer. xxxviii, 1-3. Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and GedaJiah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiali, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people, saying, Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.

Jer. xliv, 27. Behold, I will watch over them for evil, and not for good; and all the men of Judah that are in the land of Egypt shall be consumed by the sword, and by the famine, until there be an

end of them.

Ezek. v, 14. Moreover, I will make thee waste, and a reproach among the nations that are round about thee, in the sight of all that pass by.

Ezek. vi, 7. And the slain shall fall in the midst of you; and ye

shall know that I am the LORD.

Ezek. xii, 15. And they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall scatter them among the na

tions, and disperse them in the

countries.

Ezek. xxii, 15, 16. And I will scatter thee among the heathen, and disperse thee in the countries, and will consume thy filthiness out of thee. And thou shalt take thine inheritance in thyself in the sight of the heathen, and thou shalt know that I am the LORD.

Hosea v, 9. Ephraim shall be desolate in the day of rebuke: among the tribes of Israel have I made known that which shall surely be.

VII.

ISRAEL IN CAPTIVITY. FATE OF THE TEN TRIBES. 2 Kings xvii, 5. Then the king of Assyria came up throughout all the land, and went up to Samaria, and besieged it three years. 2 Kings xviii, 8-12. He smote the Philistines, even unto Gaza, and the borders thereof, from the tower of the watchmen to the fenced city. And it came to pass in the fourth year of king Hezekiah, which was the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of Israel, that Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up against Samaria, and besieged it. And at the end of three years they took it: even in the sixth year of Hezekiah,

(that is the ninth year of Hoshea
king of Israel,) Samaria was taken.
And the king of Assyria did
carry away Israel unto Assyria,
and put them in Halah and in
Habor by the river of Gozan, and
in the cities of the Medes; Be-
cause they obeyed not the voice
of the LORD their God, but trans-
gressed his covenant, and all that
Moses the servant of the LORD
commanded, and would not hear
them, nor do them.

CAPTIVITY OF JUDAH.

2 Kings xxiv, 14-16. And he carried away all Jerusalem, and all the princes, and all the mighty men of valour, even ten thousand captives, and all the craftsmen and smiths: none remained, save the poorer sort of the people of the land. And he carried away Jeholachin to Babylon, and the king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the mighty of the land; those carried he into captivity from Jerusalem to Babylon. And all the men of might, eren seven thousand, and craftsmen and smiths a thousand, all that were strong and apt for war, even them the king of Babylon brought captive to Babylon.

2 Kings xxv, 6, 7, 11, 19-21. So
they took the king, and brought
him up to the king of Babylon to
Riblah; and they gave judgment
upon him. And they slew the
sons of Zedekiah before his eyes,

and put out the eyes of Zedekiah,
and bound him with fetters of
brass, and carried him to Babylon.
Now the rest of the people that
were left in the city, and the
fugitives that fell away to the
king of Babylon, with the remnant
of the multitude,did Nebuzaradan,
the captain of the guard, carry
away. And out of the city he
took an officer, that was set over
the men of war, and five men of
them that were in the king's pre-
sence, which were found in the
city, and the principal scribe of the
host, which mustered the people
of the land, and threescore men
of the people of the land that were
found in the city: And Nebuzar-
adan, captain of the guard, took
these, and brought them to the
king of Babylon to Riblab: And
the king of Babylon smote them,
and slew them at Riblah, in the
land of Hamath. So Judah was
carried away out of their land.

Jer. xxix, 2, 3. (After that Je-
coniah the king, and the queen,
and the eunuchs, the princes of
Judah and Jerusalem, and the
carpenters, and the smiths, were
departed from Jerusalem,) By the
hand of Elasah the son of Sha-
phan, and Gemariah the son of
Hilkiah, (whom Zedekiah king of
Judah sent unto Babylon to

Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylo saying.

Jer. xxxix, 9. Then Nebuz adan the captain of the gu carried away captive into Baby the remnant of the people t remained in the city, and th that fell away, that fell to i with the rest of the people t remained.

Jer. lii, 15, 24, 25, 28-30. T Nebuzar-adan, the captain of guard, carried away captive d tain of the poor of the pec and the residue of the peofee remained in the city, and th that fell away, that fell to king of Babylon, and the rest the multitude. And the cap of the guard took Seraish chief priest, and Zephaniah second priest, and the t keepers of the door. He took out of the city an eunuch, w had the charge of the men of and seven men of them that w near the king's person, w were found in the city, and principal scribe of the bost mustered the people of the a and threescore men of the pe of the land, that were found midst of the city. This is people whom Nebuchadre carried away captive: In seventh year three thousan and three and twenty: I eighteenth year of Netac rezzar he carried away cap from Jerusalem eight LE thirty and two persons: three and twentieth year of buchadrezzar, Nebuzar-adan captain of the guard, cas away captive of the Jews hundred forty and five per the persons were four tha and six hundred.

CONDITION DURING T
CAPTIVITY.

Lev. xxvi, 38. And ye perish among the beatbel the land of your enemies sua

you up.

Esther ii, 5, 6. Now, in St the palace there was a c Jew, whose name was M. the son of Jair, the son of Sh the son of Kish, a Be Who had been carried away Jerusalem with the ca which had been carried with Jeconlah king of J whoin Nebuchadnezzar the of Babylon had carried away

Ps. lxxviii, 61, 62. And d ed his strength into captivity his glory into the enemy He gave his people over als the sword; and was wroth his inheritance.

Ps. cxxxvii, 14. By the of Babylon there we sa we wept when we remem

Zion. We hanged our harps upon | sword. According to their un-
Le willow in the midstthereof. For cleanness, and according to their
there they that carried us away transgressions, have I done unto
captive required of us a song; and them, and hid my face from
they that wasted us required of us them.
mirth, saying, Sing us one of the
As of Zion. How shall we
ing the LORD's song in a strange

Isa. Ixlii, 18. The people of thy
latiness have possessed it but a
ttle while: our adversaries have
trodden down thy sanctuary.
Isa. Ixiv, 10. Thy holy cities are
wilderness, Zion is a wilderness,
Jerusalem a desolation.

Lam, 1, 1, 3-5. How doth the aly sit solitary that was full of people! hone is she become as a wow! she that was great among the nations, and princess among the provinces, how is she become tributary! Judah is gone into captivity because of affliction, and because of great servitude; she dwelleth among the heathen, she Endeth no rest: all her persecutors vertook her between the straits. The ways of Zion do mourn, be

none come to the solemn all her gates are desolate; priests sigh, her virgins are acted, and she is in bitterness. Ber adversaries are the chief, her cales prosper, for the LORD

afflicted her for the multitale of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.

Lom. II, 1. How hath the LORD vered the daughter of Zion with a cloud in his anger, end cast down from heaven unto the earth beauty of Israel, and rememred not his footstool in the day this anger!

La. iv, 12. The kings of the th, and all the inhabitants of the world, would not have believed that the adversary and the perly should have entered into the gates of Jerusalem.

Ezek. xi, 15, 16. Son of man, thy Brethren, even thy brethren, the en of thy kindred, and all the tee of Israel wholly, are they to whom the inhabitants of Jerusalem have said, Get you far Sum the LORD; unto us is this and given in possession. Therere way, Thus saith the Lord GOD, Although I have cast them far off ong the heathen, and although I have scattered them among the countries, yet will I be to them as little sanctuary in the countries where they shall come.

Ext. xxxix, 23, 24. And the heathen shall know that the house of Israel went into captivity S their iniquity: because they trespassed against me, therefore sad I my face from them, and gave them into the hand of their emies; so fell they all by the

Hosea viii, 8. Israel is swallow. ed up: now shall they be among the Gentiles as a vessel wherein is no pleasure.

Zech. vii, 14. But I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations whom they knew not: thus the land was desolate after them, that no man passed through nor returned; for they laid the pleasant land desolate.

THE PRESERVED REMNANT.
Ezra ix, 8. And now, for a little
space, grace hath been shewed
from the LORD our God, to leave
us a remnant to escape, and to
give us a nail in his holy place,
that cur God may lighten our
eyes, and give us a little reviving
in our bondage.

Isa. xxxvii, 31, 32. And the
remnant that is escaped of the
house of Judah shall again take
root downward, and bear fruit
For out of Jerusalem
upward.
shall go forth a remnant, and they
that escape out of mount Zion:
the zeal of the LORD of hosts shall
do this.

Jer. iv, 27. For thus hath the
LORD said, The whole land shall
be desolate; yet will I not make a
full end.

Nevertheless, in
Jer. v, 18.
those days, saith the LORD, I will
not make a full end with you.

Jer. xxx, 11. For I am with
thee, saith the LORD, to save thee:
though I make a full end of all
nations whither I have scattered
thee, yet will I not make a full
end of thee; but I will correct
thee in measure, and will not
leave thee altogether unpunished.

Jer. xl, 7--12. Now, when all the
captains of the forces which were
in the fields, even they and their
men, heard that the king of Baby-
lon had made Gedaliah the son of
Ahikam governor in the land, and
had committed unto him men, and
women, and children, and of the
poor of the land, of them that
to
were not carried away captive to
Babylon; Then they came
Gedaliah to Mizpah, even Ishmael
the son of Nethaniah,and Johanan
and Jonathan the sons of Kareah,
and Seraiah the son of Tanhum
eth, and the sons of Ephai the
Netophathite, and Jezaniah the
And Gedaliah the
son of a Maachathite, they and
their men.
sonof Ahikam, the son of Shaphan,
sware unto them, and to their
men, saying. Fear not to serve the
Chaldeans: dwell in the land, and
serve the king of Babylon, and it

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shall be well with you. As for
me, behold, I will dwell at Mizpah,
to serve the Chaldeans which will
wine, and summer-fruits, and oil,
come unto us: but ye, gather ye
and put them in your vessels, and
Jews that were in Moab, and
dwell in your cities that ye have
taken. Likewise, when all the
among the Ammonites, and in
Edom, and that were in all the
countries, heard that the king of
Babylon had left a remnant of
Judah, and that he had set over
them Gedaliah the son of Ahikam,
Jews returned out of all places
the son of Shaphan; Even all the
whither they were driven, and
came to the land of Judah, to
Gedaliah,

unto Mizpah, and
gathered wine and summer-fruits
very much.

Jer. xliv, 28. Yet a small number that escape the sword shall remnant of Judah, that are gone return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah; and all the into the land of Egypt to sojourn there, shall know whose words shall stand, mine, or theirs.

Jer. xlvi, 28. Fear thou not, O Jacob my servant, saith the LORD; for I am with thee: for I will make a full end of all the nations will not make a full end of thee, whither I have driven thee: but I but correct thee in measure; yet will I not leave thee wholly unpunished.

Ezek. vi, 8. Yet will I leave a remnant, that ye may have some the nations, when ye shall be that shall escape the sword among scattered through the countries.

Ezek. xii, 16. But I will leav a few men of them from the sword, from the famine, and from the pestilence; that they may declare all their abominations among the heathen whither they come; and they shall know that I am the

LORD.

Ezek. xiv, 22, 23. Yet, behold, therein shall be left a remnant that shall be brought forth, both sons and daughters; behold, they shall come forth unto you, and ye shall see their way and their doings: and ye shall be comforted concerning the evil that I have concerning all that I have brought brought upon Jerusalem, even upon it. And they shall comfort you, when ye see their ways and their doings; and ye shall know that I have not done without cause all that I have done in it, saith the Lord GoD.

Amos ix, 8, 9. Behold, the eyes of the Lord GOD are upon the sinful kingdom, and I will destroy it from off the face of the earth; saving that I will not utterly destroy the house of Jacob, saith the LORD. For, lo, I will com

OPPOSITION TO THE RETURNED TRIBES. Era iv, 21-24. Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not ballded, until another commandment shall be given from me. Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings? Now, when the copy of king Artaxerses' letter was read before Rehain, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power. Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the

Neh. ii, 10, 11. When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that Lere was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel. So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.

Neh. iv, 1. But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and ocked the Jews.

Neh. vi, 1-3. Now it came to pass, when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and Geshem the Arabian, and the rest of our enemies, heard that I had builded the wall, and that There was no breach left therein, (though at that time I had not set up the doors upon the gates,) That Sanballat and Geshem sent unto me, saying, Come, let us meet together in some one of the villages in the plain of Ono: but they thought to do me mischief. And I sent messengers unto them, saying, I am doing a great work, so that I cannot come down: why should the work cease, whilst I leave it, and come down to you?

for the LORD will go before you; and the God of Israel will be your rere-ward.

Isa. liv, 3. For thou shalt break left; and thy seed shall inherit the forth on the right hand and on the Gentiles, and make the desolate cities to be inhabited.

Isa. lx, 3-5, 11, 12, 16. And the