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which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon didn`t take, when he carried away captive Jeconiah the son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, from Jerusalem to Babylon, and all the nobles of Judah and Jerusalem;
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Mercy in the Midst of Judgment
Commentators explain that Nebuchadnezzar not taking all the temple treasures during the first exile was an act of God's mercy. God restrained the enemy, leaving a remnant as a call to repentance. The people's failure to recognize this kindness and turn back to God sealed their fate for the final, complete exile, teaching us to look for God's mercy even in discipline.
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Jeremiah
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16th Century
Protestant
Jeremiah said, in the passage we considered yesterday, that it was more to be desired that God should keep what remained at Jerusalem than that wha…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon took not For he seems only to have taken the vessels of gold, and left the vessels o…
Presbyterian
Jeremiah assures them that the brazen vessels would go after the golden ones. All will be carried to Babylon. But he concludes with a gracious prom…
