The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1891-06-19
CAPTIVITY OF JuDA.


june -. 1891
Especially Arranged from : 5. QnAr,rr,v,
Lfssos TExr-; Kings e5:i ~
GcLpES Ttxr-.one. and ies u return IA.
thc Luri-Iios. OIL
CEaTnAI TnuIn-Gois word uhs,,.- I.
promise or warning. II certain ~ b. fulAl,.s
TiMr-Jcrusaiein destroyed IA the sn,,,,r..
II &. SO. 3, years after The last Lesson.
PLACE -Jcrusa,em. kipiah- Is mites nora 4,
Damascus, Babylon.
EuiEfss- xedc.lah. sist ana lasi ksnr /,
judah. son u Josiah. Sebuchsanoz1.r. t,,r
Of Bah, Ion. 10th year
Prophets Jeremiah. in Jerusalem 49,
$50 Ezekiel "A Babylonia ls9s sss, Daniel \,
Babylon sdos 5cD Obadiah iAS5l
PARALLEL ACCOUNTS s.s. 5..4i6. : chron
SOIL n. Jtr 39.iS
APPROACHES TO rnE FINAL Dcn~ N whA
mrs, captivity twhen the seventy years can,I..
nv referred 10 IN .icr - 10 hcrnstna. WV.
after the last lesson. II. 4. cA nanl~l ~.
among these captiyes. The second captivity
took place six years later. u &. - rs Nsin.
chadncxxar: ten thousand people ana rrc..
treasures were carried 20 Baby ZION q Knrs W.
i0id) Ezckic. was among these csp,i,as
,Exck. q: !, - Tea years later hrran fh.
third captivity. which - the subject 10 to.das.
lesson
HEIRS OvrR HARD PfAcEs-i. "Ninfa ycar
81 hiss" Zcdesiah's reign Tenth r.onih.r
Thehet which includes from middle ~ ~ ,s.n.
wooden towers from which 20 fling darts fre.
brands or 10 thrust DattcrinFrafas
Eleventh year. fourth month" July. u q.
SD A year and . half after the kicss be-aa.
Here belong the 30.3 capiiy.s q gsr *. =
where nth" should be .-i7th."D 4 -Ir uav
Of the gate" at the south az the city The ~
scigcrs entered on the north. Toward The
rlans" % Jericho O. Eihiah: scfcafs i've
miles north % Damascus Here Sebucaalntz-
zcr was overseeing two seigcs one ~ Jerasa-
lem and one At Tyre. n. Remnant ~ the
multitudc:" those outside Of the city. i. Tie
POOR OF the ,Anc:" these had now some con,rn.
saion for their poverty. They had been Oppressed
by the rich and great. IS jeremiah tells ~.
| and now their opprcssors are ruined captures
| and the poor have full opportunity in the coar-
| try Among those who remained was tie
| prophet jeremiah
| LESSON COMMENTS.
| At last the end came. Gods jnd->
ments had tarricd long; but when they
came they proved as terrible as He had
said they would.
| The fate Of Jerusalem. II was bc-
siegcd by ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; was reduced
70 starvation: was assaulted and cap
turcd: the temple was burned 10 the
ground; all the principal houses were
destroyed: the walls were broken down.
and the people were for the most part
marched off into slavery in foreign
land. just imagine what sight that
must have been, as the armies ~
Babylon marched away. carrying with
them their long train Of captivcs and
leaving behind them the City Of David q
heap Of ruins!
The fate cf The king himset As soon
as the city was captured he fled. but
was overtaken and made prisoner Neb-
uchadnezzar was then at Riblah. about
ten days journey from Jerusalem. To
him the king was taken With heart
less cruelty. they killed Zcdekiah's sons
before his eyes, and then put ont the
eyes Of Zedekiah himself. after which
they carried him away TO Babylon,
where he died.
In this lesson there Is an instance OF
the fulfillment Of two remarkable, and
apparently contradictory, prophecies
with regard to King Zedekiah- "1h<
former Of these (Jer. SAL states tha'
Zedelxiah shall speak with the king O
Babylon, mouth to mouth. and his cyci
shall behold his eyes: the latter Eek
1919. that he shall be brought 70 Bah
ylon. vet shall he not see IL, though h
die there. The whole Of this prcdic
ton Of Ezekiel. whose prophecy appear
: 10 have been delivered at Babylon i
! truly remarkable. as describing alrnos
! exactly the circumstances Of Zcdekiah'
= fight"
4 Read from Dcut. 2s:l5-cs; say verse
. 40. so. So, ca and g.. These are IN
' threats which God uttered through IN
]: lips Of Moses. in case the people turnes
: AWAY to idolatry. How many year
= before the captivity actually cam
: were these words uttered? NEAR.
4 nine hundred years. We're these tn
Z only warnings that God gave them
= Assurcdly not. For lie says: -Ali DE-.
: long have I stretched out my hands,
e meaning that lie had continual.
II warned and invited Ills people Ncve
was d nation warned so clearly and
!. continuously Of the danger Of apostasy
And not only was Israel warned b
word Of mouth. but she was punishe
many times for her sins as an addltini
!. al caution. Yet all was in vain. IN
= king and the people together hardcne
their hearts even as Pharaoh did. an
~ pushed aucau III tiltA NpuA - ="
came the end. as told in our lesson IN
the kingdoms both in the north and
the south ceased TO exist. the cnpil
- came to an end, and the Jews Inonrns
as captivcs under foreign yoke.
NAV well ask. how could God teae
VI men in more impressive way that y
word stands sure. and that thone
Heaven and earth pass away. His wo'
~ shall not pass away? AS in the days
M Noah. 80 now their God waited and p.
~ patience. But also. IS in the day
Noah. God said: My spirit shall n
III always strive with man." 50 lie SAID
Zcdexiah's time. The end had com
n and now no cries would svail. Rev
Il. Schauf1ler ID. u.
PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS
\. /. God put every hindrance posS1o
III in the way Of their sin and 'lcs'r'
III ton -- prophets. warnings, mcrcle
i, time for repentance. vision o. thr 81
ii. 2 The punishment comes slowly
- first. in smaller measures, in order
no give opportunity for repentance "
". nr..,,nnan,nl Nv earnest warning tx