2 Kings 24

  1 Kings 24 is payback time from God.  Because of the evil that had been done “Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the country”.  He emptied their treasuries, he rounded up around 10,000 of them and took them off to exile.  This is what scripture tells us: “None of this was by chance–it was GOD’s judgment….. This should have been no surprise–GOD had said it would happen”.  God’s truth happens.  “Anyone who was anyone” was rounded up and taken away.  Another “puppet king” was put in place named Zedekiah but he “was just one more evil king”.  Even in the midst of this disaster the people just don’t get it.  They don’t seem to understand that there are consequences to sin and disobedience.  Lord help me not be hard hearted about this.  Help me live obedience.