Zedekiah Essays

The book of Jeremiah is a revelation to the legacy that Jeremiah left behind through both his actions and his words. The 52 chapters of text, written by Jeremiah himself, illustrate the main messages of judgment, turning away from sin, repentance, and following God’s word. During chapters 1-52, there are overshadowed themes of judgement and restoration. There are many other issues in the book including Jeremiah’s understanding of Gods sovereignty, Judah’s worship of idols, and the eventual captivity

Jeremiah was the son of Hilkiah. He was born around 650-645 BC in Anathoth. Although Jeremiah thought he was to young when God called on him, he was one of Judah’s greatest prophets. He was known as , “The Weeping Prophet”. He began his ministry in 626 BC and prophesied until Judah’s last days as a nation. He served as God’s prophet through the rule of five kings of Judah. Jeremiah devoted himself to preach “the words of the covenant” to the people of Jerusalem and Judah. God told him to announce

Conquering King Jeremiah was a prophet beginning around 627 B.C. during the reign of Josiah. His ministry continued until about 586 B.C. and he served under four other kings primarily in the northern kingdom of Judah; Jehoahaz, Jehoiakim, Jehoiachin, and Zedekiah. God called Jeremiah in the 13th year of Josiah’s reign. This call can be found in scripture in Jeremiah 1:4, and during this calling, God told Jeremiah that he must say whatever God commanded him to say and reassured Jeremiah not to be afraid,

Jeremiah and Pope Francis Jeremiah lived in the southern Kingdom of Judah around 600 BC. In this kingdom they had many problems, they didn’t follow the laws of God, the boasted about riches, they worshipped false gods, they ignored the poor, they didn’t work for peace and justice, and they didn’t keep the covenant. This made God angry. Jeremiah told them that they need to be fair with each other and that they need to return to God. They people ignored him, beat him, and threw him in prison. This

The last verses (Jer 20:13-14), Jeremiah was being ironic. At first, he indicated his belief that God will delivered him from this situation and he goes on saying that he had not been place in this position. As stated “Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day when my mother bore me let it not be blessed! Cure be the man who brought the news to my father saying ‘A child is born to you, a son,’ making him very glad” (Jer 20:14-15). Jeremiah was really upset and wished that he were never born

Jehoiachin was 18 years old when he began to reign. During his reign of three months and 10 days he was taken captive to Babylon with 10,000 captives. Zedekiah 's real name was Mattaniah. He was the youngest son of the good king, Josiah. He was the third son of Josiah that took over the throne. His two older brothers were king before him. King of Egypt was sought back and king Nebuchadnezzar besieged the city for 18 months and it caused severe famine. The king of Judah try to escape by breaking the

Nebuchadnezzar, King of Babylon, invaded Jerusalem and captured the city, exiling the people of Judah. When Nebuchadnezzar placed Zedekiah as king of Judah, Zedekiah tried to lead Judah in a rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar, but as stated in 2 Kings 25:7, King Nebuchadnezzar and his army, “slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah and bound him in chains and took him to Babylon” (). Connection to David’s Covenant with God In His Covenant with David, God said

explicit detail. Only Jesus of Nazareth has extended narratives written about him and his accomplishments. Zedekiah, the last king of Judah; failed to live up to his name, which is translates to, “Righteous of Yahweh” (Specter and the Star pg. 25). Instead, Zedekiah lost control of Judah, watched his son died, had his eyes removed from his head and enslaved from the remainder of his life. Like Zedekiah, most self proclaimed messiahs have lost their appeal and influence, this means that they are often forgotten

Egypt but was defeated in his attempt which resulted into Judah dividing them from the Neo-Babylonian Empire. Nabopolassar II did not plan to rest upon this lose and therefore he reforged his army and took the land back forcibly. He then declared Zedekiah as Judah's new king. When he returned to Babylon, he brought along thousands of Jews, enslaving them for decades. They were not set free until after Evil-Merodach, Nabopolassar II son and successor, ascended the throne. Nabopolassar II died in 562

Jeremiah had prophesied the fall for over 40 years and was not well-liked by the people because of his doom-filled prophecies. Then in 586 BC, Nebuchadnezzar and the Babylonian army overtook Jerusalem while it was under King Zedekiah just as Jeremiah predicted. Over an 18-month long siege, Jerusalem was taken looted and destroyed. Many of the people were killed, enslaved, exiled or they fled to Egypt. (Huey, 446) Even though, the people didn’t believe Jeremiah’s warnings he stilled

various revelations he has made. 1. Jeremiah made an important prophesy that the land of Jerusalem will be under the army of Babylonian. However the authorities of the King’s court and Pashur who was the head cleric, strived to prove to the King Zedekiah so as to punish Jeremiah with a death sentence, since he was dispiriting the army as well as the public. The King however told that he will not act against them. As a result of this, Zedekiah’s army caught Jeremiah and

exile. Despite these difficult times facing Jerusalem and Judah Jeremiah remained faithful to God. The fear of attack by Babylonians was fulfilled when Babyloan attached Judea as Jeremiah had warned. Nebuchadnezzar the King of Babyloan appointed Zedekiah to be his vassal king in Jerusalem. Upon

The protagonist of "Mirror Image", by Lena Coakley, is Alice along with her twin sister Jenny. Alice’s major conflict in this story is herself and how she will adapt to her new body. She finds herself in the middle of an identity crisis when the doctors were required to exchange her body for someone else’s body. This body had belonged to a girl named Gail. Throughout the story, Alice tries to find her true identity. Alice is also quite unsure when it comes to her new body, and she is has a hard

Josiah, the next king to rule the kingdom of Judah, ascended to the throne in 640 BC. He is best remembered for his return to the laws of God, in contrast to his immediate predecessors. In 622 BC, while reconstruction was under way on the temple, a priest by the name of Hilkiah, found a book on which Josiah was to found his system. This book was the last book written by Moses, the fifth Book of Moses, the Deuternonomy. Richard Friedman discusses the auspices of finding this book in chapter 5 of his

“The prophet is the watchman of Ephraim with my God; yet a fowler 's snare is on all his ways, and hatred in the house of his God” (Hosea 9:8, English Standard Version) thus a military metaphor as the function of the prophet is advanced (Greenspoon, 1999). In this light, “he is charged to announce what he sees” (Greenspoon, 1999, p. 31). An expanded interpretation of his role places the prophet as a channel for two-way exchanges. In these prophets not only were they to sound the alarm and make

Conclusion The best way to conclude, is by stating that the Old testament is just the first act, of a three part story. Its importance is probably understated to say, it exemplifies an all powerful God with the power to create and destroy, to reward and punish, and his ongoing promise to his chosen people. While at the same time, it is a story of mankind, and our inability to remain faithful. The power of God is inconceivable, that he spoke the world into existence. Yet the power to destroy