God had told of Judah's captivity by Babylon more than one hundred years before it happened. (see Isaiah 39:6; Micah 4:10) The seventy years of its duration was foretold by Jeremiah. (see Jeremiah 25:11-12) It is interesting to notice that God told them the exact time of their exile. But the captivity did not bring the people of Judah back to God. This judgment of God only seemed to drive the people into greater wickedness. They worshiped idols and set up groves in the hills and defiled the sanctuary of Jehovah. (See Ezekiel 5:11) Ezekiel began his prophecies to them.
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