Jer 39:1-2 | MHM | STEP | Jerusalem Taken This section describes the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians. Jeremiah had warned the people and leaders many times, but they did not listen. Now, everything happened just as God had said. The city was captured, the king was punished, and the people were taken away. Only a few poor people were left behind. This was a sad but important moment in the history of God’s people. v. 1–2 : The Babylonian army began to attack Jerusalem in the ninth year of King Zedekiah, during the tenth month. The siege lasted until the eleventh year, in the fourth month, when the Babylonians finally broke into the city. The people inside were weak from hunger and could not fight back (Jeremiah 39:1–2 ). Jerusalem was once strong, but when God stopped protecting it, it fell easily (Lamentations 4:12 ).

‏ Jeremiah 39:1-2

Jerusalem Taken

This section describes the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians. Jeremiah had warned the people and leaders many times, but they did not listen. Now, everything happened just as God had said. The city was captured, the king was punished, and the people were taken away. Only a few poor people were left behind. This was a sad but important moment in the history of God’s people.

v. 1–2: The Babylonian army began to attack Jerusalem in the ninth year of King Zedekiah, during the tenth month. The siege lasted until the eleventh year, in the fourth month, when the Babylonians finally broke into the city. The people inside were weak from hunger and could not fight back (Jeremiah 39:1–2 ^a). Jerusalem was once strong, but when God stopped protecting it, it fell easily (Lamentations 4:12 ^b).

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