^36:14All the leaders of the priests and people became more unfaithful and committed the same horrible sins practiced by the nations.²¹ They defiled the Lord’s temple which he had consecrated in Jerusalem.

The Babylonians Destroy Jerusalem

^36:15The Lord God of their ancestors²² continually warned them through his messengers,²³ for he felt compassion for his people and his dwelling place. ^36:16But they mocked God’s messengers, despised his warnings,²⁴ and ridiculed his prophets.²⁵ Finally the Lord got very angry at his people and there was no one who could prevent his judgment.²⁶^36:17He brought against them the king of the Babylonians, who slaughtered²⁷ their young men in their temple.²⁸ He did not spare²⁹ young men or women, or even the old and aging. God³⁰ handed everyone over to him. ^36:18He carried away to Babylon all the items in God’s temple, whether large or small, as well as what was in the treasuries of the Lord’s temple and in the treasuries of the king and his officials. ^36:19They burned down the Lord’s temple and tore down the wall of Jerusalem.³¹ They burned all its fortified buildings and destroyed all its valuable items. ^36:20He deported to Babylon all who escaped the sword. They served him and his sons until the Persian kingdom rose to power.

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Footnotes

21 Heb “like the abominable practices of the nations.”
22 Heb “fathers.”
23 Heb “and the Lord God of their fathers sent against them by the hand of his messengers, getting up early and sending.”
24 Heb “his words.”
25 All three verbal forms (“mocked,” “despised,” and “ridiculed”) are active participles in the Hebrew text, indicating continual or repeated action. They made a habit of rejecting God’s prophetic messengers.
26 Heb “until the anger of the Lord went up against his people until there was no healer.”
27 Heb “killed with the sword.”
28 Heb “in the house of their sanctuary.”
29 Or “show compassion to.”
30 Heb “he”; the referent (God) has been specified in the translation for clarity.
31 For location see ; ; ; ; ; ; ; ; .