Thirdly, because the Captivity of Jehoiakim, as also of his son, was but a particular Captivity of some few, though (I grant) many Nobles were then carried away. But the Captivity of Judah, or the 70. years Captivity, was not the Captivity of a few, or only of the chief, but of the whole Land of Judah; of Prince and people, with the utter destruction of Jerusalem, in the end of the reign of ⟨p. 24⟩Zedekiah. Of this Captivity it is said. So Judah 1was carried away out of their Land. And Jehozadak 2the son of Seraiah went into Captivity when the Lord carried away Judah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. Thus Judah was carried away Captive out 3of his own Land. And the word of the Lord came unto 4Jeremiah in the days of Jehoiakim, unto the end of eleventh year of Zedekiah, unto the carrying away Jerusalem Captive in the fifth month. What words can plainer express the time when the Captivity of Judah began?
Thirdly, because the Captivity of Jehoiakim, as also of his sonne, was but a particular Captivity of some few, though (I grant) many Nobles were then carried away. But the Captivity of Judah, or the 70. yeeres Captivity, was not the Captivity of a few, or only of the chief, but of the whole Land of Judah; of Prince and people, with the utter destruction of Jerusalem, in the end of the reigne of ⟨p. 24⟩Zedekiah. Of this Captivity it is said. So Iudah 1was carried away out of their Land. And Jehozadak 2the sonne of Seraiah went into Captivity when the Lord carried away Iudah and Jerusalem by the hand of Nebuchadnezzar. Thus Iudah was carried away Captive out 3of his owne Land. And the word of the Lord came unto 4Jeremiah in the dayes of Iehoiakim, unto the end of eleventh yeer of Zedekiah, unto the carrying away Ierusalem Captive in the fifth moneth. What words can plainer expresse the time when the Captivity of Iudah began?
- 12 K. 25. v. 21.
- 21 Chr. 6. v. 15. compared with 2 K. 25 v. 18.
- 3Jer. 52. v. 27.
- 4Jer. 1. v. 1, 2.
