Jeremiah 29:22

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and of them shall be taken up a curse by all the captives of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, Yahweh make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;

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Babylon was the Mesopotamian imperial capital where many Judeans from Jerusalem, Judah’s capital, lived in exile after Babylon’s conquest. In this verse, the judgment on false prophets in Babylon would become a warning proverb among the exiles, who remained connected to Jerusalem’s covenant community.

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Jeremiah 29:22 mentions Babylon and Jerusalem.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Jerusalem · Godot13

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