2 Chronicles 36: Jerusalem Falls and Cyrus Decrees Return

Judah’s last kings do evil while Egypt and Babylon control the throne, and Zedekiah rejects the prophet Jeremiah’s message. After the people scorn God’s repeated warnings, Babylon burns the temple and exiles the survivors, and the land lies empty seventy years until Cyrus of Persia invites God’s people to return.

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Why did the LORD keep sending His messengers to His people again and again (2 Chronicles 36:15)?

Because He pitied His people and the place where He dweltBecause the people had begged Him to send them prophetsBecause the prophets demanded the right to rebuke the kingBecause He needed proof of their guilt before He judged