And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.
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Interpretation
The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion toward them, and his unwillingness that any should perish.
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This thought runs through 2 Chronicles 36:19-21.
Glossary
- Jerusalem Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Jerusalem.