The Holt County sentinel., 1911-08-25
Judah Carried
Captive to Babylon
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LESSON TExT.-Jeremish n

AShccOiN iFshI.-JeremAh N
MEMORY VERSES. Q. 10
GOLDEN TENT. --"B. sure you, "A,
will md YOU out."-Num. a2:s
TIME.-B. G. $50 July. The nth year of
zedekiah. the 9th day Of the 9Th month.
E.-Jerusaiem. Also the surrou nd
ing country. Nebuchadnezzar was al NIB.
IAN In Klamath In northern Syria. Tho
cnptives were taken To Babylonia
Tie Route Of the captives was no, al.
rtctIy east through the desert, but north.
WARD through Syria to the Euphra,es
.hence southeast down the river to
Babyionia
PROPHETS Jeremiah In Judah and
Eeypt Ezekiel on the river Chebar, THE
efand canal southeast Of the city Of
Babylon. Daniel In babylon.
Nebuchadnezsar was a great gen.
eraI In sos, In his first seige of Jeru-
salem, and became sole emperor Il. C..
W.. He made Babylon glorious dur.
Ing bis reign Of - years. He was in
ms 18th year when he began this
siege.
Jerusalem was at this time q city
Of 10000 inhabitants. Against the
huge engines Of Asiatic warfare the
besieged citizens constructed counter
engines; and the struggle was worthy
OK the occasion--a combat or duel not
only OF courage. but OF skill and intel
iigence, between Babylon and Jeru.
salem. Houses were demolished, that
new walls might be built Of their ma.
teriRls. inside each spot weakened BY
the batteringrams.
The ramparts were vigorously de.
tended BY archers and singers, equal
10 bravery TO those Of the Chaldeans
The rams were caught, when possible,
by doubled chains or ropes TO weaken
their blows. or. II II might be, TO cap
size them. Lighted torches and fire.
brands were thrown on their roof
and on those Of the catapuits. to se,
them on FIRE. The gates Of the town
were sealousiy defended agains, the
efforts Of the enemy TO burst them
open or TO burn them.
At last there was no food for the
people. and famine prevailed.
The houses were full Of the sick and
wounded; bloody nghts between con
tending parties. ~ to surrendering or
holding out. crowded the streets with
fresh horrors; the roar Of the siege
night and day filled the air. A breach
was made in the city. at midnight
The princes Of the king Of babylon
came In. the generals and high on.
cials, Nebuchnezzar himself was a.
Riblah In Klamath and the Chaldeans
burned the kings house. and the hous
~ Of the people. with IRE. and brake
down the walls Of Jerusalem.
The king Of the Chaldees slew their
young men with the sword In the
house OF their sanctuary. and had no
compassion upon young man or maid
en-. old man. or him that stopped for
age; he gave them all into his hand
And they burnt the house Of God.
They slew the sons Of Zedekiah be-
fore his eyes. so that the last things
his eyes ever saw. a perpetual mem.
ory. were the agonies Of his sons, and
Of his friends. all the mobiles Of Judah
They put out Zedekiah's eyes. He
would have no more opportunities Of
conspiring against his rulers
God spoke by the tongue Of Ezekiel
one Of the most mysterious and most
curious predictions in the entire Bible
He declared that King Zedekiah
should be led into Bablon q captive.
should there live and there die. and
yet he should never see the city. So
singular IL this record that We must
read the verses Just a. he wrote them
out Now put with this q parable!
passage. jeremiah was thrown into
prison by his monarch. While there
under bonds, he In like manner pre-
dicted the downfall Of jerusalem; and
he said that Zedekiah should speak
with Nebuchadnezxar mouth to mouth.
and see bis eyes. The history We
have Just considered shows how these
prophecies were fulfilled and the cap.
tives carried TO Babylon.
The way Of Transgressors IL the
choice Of those who walk In II. God.
good men. angels, laws, all are against
any mans walking therein. The way
Of transgressors IL hard indeed. be.
cause of the awful punishment at the
end OF the way. Like the human vic.
tim selected for sacrifice by the Az.
tees, who for weeks was toasted and
honored. but who knew all the time
what the end was to be. So the sin
full know that the end Of their way
is death. and the consciousness of
this throws q shadow over all the life
before. The ruin from sin Is an awful
tragedy; but whenever sin goes I'M
punished the sin increases. Murders
have greatly increased In this coun.
try, where the majority Of murderers
60 unpublished.
The way Of transgressors Is very
hard. not only on account of the pun
ishment at the end. but because go
many barriers must be broken down
and restraining influences must be
overcome In order to go on In sin-the
love Of God. the conscience and moral
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