A history of the Jewish people during the Babylonian, Persian, and Greek periods . JOY AT THE PROSPECT OF BABYLONS FALL 77 who took them captives held them fast; they refusedto let them go (Jer. 1. 33). When the mighty citybegan to totter, it is not strange that joy filled everyJewish heart. Sighs of relief and cries of thanksgiv-ing burst from many lips. If these found too openexpression, and brought upon the exiles the persecu-tions of their masters, it only made them the moreeager for the consummation. 67. A chorus of minor prophets, disciples ofIsaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, made Babylons
A history of the Jewish people during the Babylonian, Persian, and Greek periods . JOY AT THE PROSPECT OF BABYLONS FALL 77 who took them captives held them fast; they refusedto let them go (Jer. 1. 33). When the mighty citybegan to totter, it is not strange that joy filled everyJewish heart. Sighs of relief and cries of thanksgiv-ing burst from many lips. If these found too openexpression, and brought upon the exiles the persecu-tions of their masters, it only made them the moreeager for the consummation. 67. A chorus of minor prophets, disciples ofIsaiah, Jeremiah, and Ezekiel, made Babylons ap-proaching downfall the theme of their message. Theypresent vividly the hopes and fears of the exiles inthe East. At Jehovahs command, they saw his con-secrated ones, the multitudes of the nations, headedby the Medes, whom no bribes would turn back, ad-vancing to execute judgment upon guilty Babylon(Isa. xiv. ; xxi. 1-10). Graphically they pictured thedetails of the siege: The land trembles. Themighty men of Babylon cease to fight. They remainin their strongholds. Their might
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