2 Kings 24:1-7 ESV

In his days, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up, and Jehoiakim became his servant for three years. Then he turned and rebelled against him. 2 And the LORD sent against him bands of the Chaldeans and bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by his servants the prophets. 3 Surely this came upon Judah at the command of the LORD, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done, 4 and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon. 5 Now the rest of the deeds of Jehoiakim and all that he did, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Judah? 6 So Jehoiakim slept with his fathers, and Jehoiachin his son reigned in his place. 7 And the king of Egypt did not come again out of his land, for the king of Babylon had taken all that belonged to the king of Egypt from the Brook of Egypt to the river Euphrates.

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Nang kanyang kapanahunan, dumating si Nebukadnezar na hari ng Babilonia, at si Jehoiakim ay naging kanyang alipin sa loob ng tatlong taon; pagkatapos ay bumalik siya at naghimagsik laban sa kanya. 2 Ang PANGINOON ay nagsugo laban sa kanya ng mga pulutong ng mga Caldeo, mga pulutong ng mga taga-Siria, ng mga Moabita, at ng mga anak ni Ammon, at sinugo sila laban sa Juda upang lipulin ito, ayon sa salita ng PANGINOON na kanyang sinabi sa pamamagitan ng kanyang mga lingkod na mga propeta. 3 Tunay na ito ay dumating sa Juda ayon sa utos ng PANGINOON, upang alisin sila sa kanyang paningin, dahil sa mga kasalanan ni Manases, ayon sa lahat niyang ginawa, 4 at gayundin dahil sa walang salang dugo na kanyang pinadanak, sapagkat kanyang pinuno ang Jerusalem ng walang salang dugo, at ang PANGINOON ay ayaw magpatawad. 5 Ang iba pa sa mga gawa ni Jehoiakim, at ang lahat niyang ginawa, di ba nakasulat ang mga iyon sa Aklat ng mga Kasaysayan ng mga Hari ng Juda? 6 Kaya't natulog si Jehoiakim na kasama ng kanyang mga ninuno, at si Jehoiakin na kanyang anak ay nagharing kapalit niya. 7 Ang hari ng Ehipto ay hindi na bumalik pa mula sa kanyang lupain, sapagkat sinakop ng hari ng Babilonia ang lahat ng pag-aari ng hari ng Ehipto mula sa batis ng Ehipto hanggang sa Ilog Eufrates.


THE FALL OF JUDAH

God is longsuffering. He is neither capricious nor impulsive. As He decreed, Judah had finally fallen to Nebuchadnezzar, the king of Babylon.Nebuchadnezzar was not able unless God had allowed him. In fact, It was the LORD who sent bands of the Chaldeans and bands of the Syrians and bands of the Moabites and bands of the Ammonites, and sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD that he spoke by his servants the prophets.

Babylon with his allied forces seemed unstoppable. Assyria had been taken apart. And, Egypt was no match who tried to help Judah. Why? For “surely this came upon Judah at the command of the LORD, to remove them out of his sight, for the sins of Manasseh, according to all that he had done.”[v.3] The judgment of God was inevitable. Babylon had expanded his territories from from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River. [see 1 Kings 4:21, 24; 8:65] Simply said, Babylon had flourished because Judah had backslidden.

Certainly, God was on top of everything. As the psalmist wrote; “Surely the wrath of man shall praise you; the remnant of wrath you will put on like a belt.”[Psa 76:10] Should God is sovereign in everything, everything contributes for His glory. His light will pierce through darkness. He could turn a mess into a message or a blight into His beauty. He uses the canvass of darkness and sin to manifest the glory of the cross or the gospel. There is nothing attractive about the manger and cross until Jesus was born and crucified in it, respectively.

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