For years, God’s prophets had warned the Jews that if they continued to disregard God’s Law, they would be delivered into the hands of the Babylonians. Many Jews would die by the edge of the sword; any who escaped death would likely have to spend the rest of their lives in exile in Babylon.
Ilgus gadus Dieva pravieši bija brīdinājuši ebrejus: ja viņi turpinās neievērot bauslību, viņi tiks nodoti babiloniešu rokās, un tad daudzi kritīs no zobena, bet tie, kas izglābsies, atlikušo mūžu, visticamāk, pavadīs trimdā Babilonijā. ( Jer. 15: 2.)