“While he [Zedekiah] was convicted of the truth as spoken by Jeremiah, he did not possess the moral stamina to obey his counsel, but advanced steadily in the wrong direction.” Testimonies, vol. 4, 184 E.G.W.
Q: What was the Lord forced to declare about His people in Jeremiah’s day?
What sentence was finally given to them?
A: And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.--Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
2 Chronicles 36:15,16/Ezekiel
“Foremost among those who were rapidly leading the nation to ruin was Zedekiah their king.
-Forsaking utterly the counsels of the Lord as given through the prophets,
-forgetting the debt of gratitude he owed Nebuchadnezzar,
-violating his solemn oath of allegiance taken in the name of the Lord God of Israel,
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Q: What was the Lord forced to declare about His people in Jeremiah’s day?
What sentence was finally given to them?
A: And the LORD God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place: But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the LORD arose against his people, till there was no remedy.--Therefore will I also deal in fury: mine eye shall not spare, neither will I have pity: and though they cry in mine ears with a loud voice, yet will I not hear them.
2 Chronicles 36:15,16/Ezekiel
“Foremost among those who were rapidly leading the nation to ruin was Zedekiah their king.
-Forsaking utterly the counsels of the Lord as given through the prophets,
-forgetting the debt of gratitude he owed Nebuchadnezzar,
-violating his solemn oath of allegiance taken in the name of the Lord God of Israel,
Judah’s king rebelled against the prophets,
against his benefactor,
against his benefactor,
and against his God. …
‘Remove the diadem,’ the Lord decreed, ‘and take off the crown.’ [Ezekiel 21:25, 26.] Not until Christ Himself should set up His kingdom was Judah again to be permitted to have a king.” Prophets and Kings, 450, 451. E.G.W."StepsToLife