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162 |
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Date of the Captivity |
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And yet when he’d promised his servant to be |
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Nebuchadnezzar makes |
607 |
2 Ki. |
King Nebuchadnezzar departed we see, |
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Jehoiakim tributary, carrying |
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XXIV |
Departed well pleased, and appeased in a measure |
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off many of the sacred |
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1-7 |
By promises servile, and secular treasure. |
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vessels. |
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163 |
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163 |
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And princes were captured, the same as foretold |
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The fulfillment of Isaiah’s |
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Dan. |
On King Hezekiah’s displaying his gold. |
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Prophecy made unto King |
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He was told his descendants the servants should be, |
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Hezekiah. |
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Of the Kings that these princes in Babylon see! |
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164 |
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164 |
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And servants were they! Was not Daniel one? |
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The descendents of Hezekiah |
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II |
When Nebuchadnezzar his victory won. |
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are carried captive to Babylon, |
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IIII |
And Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego of old, |
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and the 70-year Captivity |
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Who would not bow down to the idols of gold. |
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begins. |
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165 |
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165 |
M – Monarchy |
Jer. |
And in the fourth year that Jehoiakim reigned, |
605 |
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XXXVI |
The word of the Lord was by Baruch explained, |
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1-22 |
The word that the Lord had so mercifully sent, |
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With the hope that his people would hear and repent. |
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166 |
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166 |
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Jer. |
The book was dictated by one Jeremiah, |
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The Word of the Lord is cut |
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XXXVI |
The same that Jehoiakim burnt in the fire, |
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with a pen-knife and burned |
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23-32 |
And when with another the people detect him, |
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in the fire by Jehoiakim. |
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They promise to kill, and his God, to protect him! |
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167 |
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167 |
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XXII |
And his God doth protect him, denouncing the king, |
599 |
Jehoiakim is slain and his |
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18-19 |
Foretelling the ruin, such ruin should bring! |
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body is cast upon the |
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2 Ki. XXIV |
This ruin doth quickly the king encompass! |
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highway like that of an ass. |
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1-7 |
His body is treated like that of an ass! |
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168 |
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168 |
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And thus when Jehoiachin came to the throne, |
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Jehoiachin reigns. In three |
N – Nebuchad-nezzar |
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No mercy by Nebuchadnezzar was shown! |
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months he is carried captive |
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He captured the king with his wives and his mother, |
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to Babylon. |
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The Princes, the builders, and many another! |
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169 |
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169 |
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And the kingdom was given by him to another |
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The kingdom is given to |
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To one Zedekiah, Jehoiakim’s brother! |
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Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, |
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17-19 |
And again was the victor appeased in a measure, |
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on his swearing fealty to |
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By promises servile, and secular treasure! |
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Nebuchadnezzar. |
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170 |
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170 |
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And then were these captives to Babylon carried, |
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Jeremiah remains unharmed |
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Jer. |
Whilst the prophet unharmed in Jerusalem tarried; |
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in Jerusalem and writes a |
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XXIX |
But he wrote them a letter to lessen their fears, |
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letter to the captives in |
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1-10 |
And told of its endings in seventy years, |
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Babylon. |
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171 |
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171 |
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And he bade them contented to be in the land, |
595 |
Ezekial begins to prophecy, |
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Ezek. |
As such was the mighty Jehovah’s command. |
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foretelling and portraying the |
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IV |
And Ezekial a war and a famine portrayed |
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coming desolation. |
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With a pan and a slate, and a fort that he made: |
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* This is an intentional change of meter, due to the valued suggestion of a trained minister. Inasmuch as the poem is to be memorized, and the Judges are so numerous, it is well to have a peculiar verse that will stand out as a landmark in the mind of the child, rendering it the easier to remember what came before, and what after the same. Since there are fifteen Judges and Jair the eighth and central, the peculiar verse is very appropriately concerning him. |
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172 |
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172 |
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Ezek. |
And when he had carefully pictured the fray, |
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Ezekial reveals the exact time |
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XXIV |
He told of the year and the month and the day |
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of Babylon’s conquest and |
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1-2 |
Of Babylon’s conquest, Jerusalem’s woe, |
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Jerusalem’s woe. |
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And captives led forth by a pitiless foe! |
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173 |
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173 |
O – Oath |
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And did not the conquered to freedom aspire |
592 |
Zedekiah breaks oath to |
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2 Ch. |
When the oath had been broken of King Zedekiah? |
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Nebuchadnezzar. |
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XXXVI |
And was not the Kingdom of Judah besieged? |
590 |
Nebuchadnezzar besieges |
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11-20 |
And was not their woe to their prophet alleged? |
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Jerusalem. |
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174 |
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174 |
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Jer. |
Yet the prophet forewarned them, discouraged their flight, |
588 |
The flight of Zedekiah against |
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XXXVIII |
When the kind would escape under cover of night! |
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Jeremiah’s advice. Zedekiah |
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10-28 |
And the Chaldeans followed, the Chaldeans caught him, |
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is captured by the Chaldeans. |
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XXXIX 1-9 |
And then unto Nebuchadnezzar they brought him! |
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175 |
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175 |
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And they murdered his sons, and they put out his eyes, |
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The sons of Zedekiah are slain |
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2 Ki. |
And in darkness, in chains, and in prison, he dies! |
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before his eyes, and his eyes |
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XXV |
And many were captured, and many were slain, |
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are then put out. |
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7-21 |
And the few that they spared, did not dare to complain. |
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176 |
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176 |
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With the Temple, the Palace, the houses on fire, |
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Gedaliah is made Governor of |
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They were glad to be ruled by the kind Gedaliah! |
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Judah by Nebuchadnezzar, |
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22-24 |
But his efforts were futile, his kindness was vain, |
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but is treacherously slain. |
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His conduct was blameless, and yet he was slain. |
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177 |
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177 |
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‘Twas Ishmael who slew him, who hunger pretended, |
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Gedaliah is killed at his own |
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But murdered his host, when the meal had been ended! |
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table, by Ishmael, a prince of |
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Jeremiah, who urged them to stay in the land, |
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Judah. |
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And told them that such was Jehovah’s command! |
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