Jerusalem Is Destroyed

IT IS over 10 years since King Neb-u-chad-nez'zar took all the best educated Israelites away to Babylon. And now what is happening, is that Jerusalem is being burned down. And the Israelites who weren't killed are being taken as prisoners to Babylon.

Remember, this is what Jehovah's prophets warned would happen if the people didn't change their bad ways. But the Israelites did not listen to the prophets.  They kept right on worshiping false gods instead of Jehovah. So the people deserve to be punished. We know this because God's prophet Ezekiel tells us about the bad things that the Israelites were doing. 

Do you know who Ezekiel is?  He is one of the young men Neb-u-chad-nez'zar took to Babylon over 10 years before this great destruction of Jerusalem took place. Daniel and his three friends, Sha'drach, Me'shach, and A-bed'ne-go were also taken to Babylon at the same time.

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