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| | '...when ye shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies...' |
 | | In this case the siege was raised by a Divine interposition, as foretold by Isaiah the prophet. |
 | | By Nebuchadnezzar again, against Jehoiachin (2 Chron 36:10), about 599 BC, when the pillage of the Temple was completed and 10,000 people carried away. |
 | | By Nebuchadnezzar, BC 590-585, against Zedekiah (2 Chron 36:17-20), when the overthrow was complete, the Temple burnt with fire, * and the city lay desolate for 50 years. |
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