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The people of Judah were horribly distressed. They lost
their home, their city, their pride, their Temple, the Ark of the
Covenant, and they were taken as prisoners to Babylon, the homeland of
idolatry. But God raised up great men to remind them of Jeremiah's
prophesies, that
they would only be there for 70 years. Babylon would not
be their home:
Jer 29:10-14 "For thus says the LORD: After seventy years
are completed at Babylon, I will visit you and perform My good word
toward
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