What does it mean that God sent messengers because He had compassion?

The passage says God “sent to them by his messengers… because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place.” This means God did not jump straight to judgment. He cared deeply about His people and the temple where He put His name. So He kept sending prophets again and again, early and often, to warn them, call them away from idols, and invite them to turn back. The repeated sending shows God’s patience and kindness, even while the people were drifting further from Him.

Why did God’s wrath arise until there was no remedy?

The people did not just ignore God’s prophets, they mocked them, despised God’s words, and abused those He sent. This went on for a long time. “No remedy” means they had gone past the point of listening. They would not be healed or turned from their path. Since they hardened themselves against every warning, there was no more message that would change them. At that point, God’s judgment, which He had warned about many times, finally came through the Babylonian invasion.

Who is the king of the Chaldees in this passage?

The “king of the Chaldees” is the king of Babylon, the ruler God used to bring judgment on Judah. He led the army that entered Jerusalem, killed people even in the temple courts, took the treasures, burned the temple, and broke down the city walls. Though it looked like a simple act of politics and war, the passage explains that God Himself “brought upon them the king of the Chaldees” as the result of their long‑term rebellion against Him.

What happened to the temple and the city of Jerusalem here?

The passage describes a complete disaster. All the valuable vessels from the temple and the treasures from God’s house, the king, and the princes were taken to Babylon. The enemy then burned the house of God, tore down the wall of Jerusalem, burned the royal palaces, and destroyed all the fine objects. What had once been the center of worship and national life was left in ruins. This shows how serious their sin and stubbornness were in God’s sight.

What does it mean that the land enjoyed her sabbaths for seventy years?

God had commanded that the land rest every seventh year, but the people had ignored this law for a long time. When they were carried off to Babylon, the land was left empty and “desolate.” During those seventy years of exile, the land finally had the rest it should have been given all along. The passage says this was to “fulfil the word of the LORD by the mouth of Jeremiah,” showing that even the length of the exile followed God’s earlier warnings about the land’s sabbath years.

How does this passage show both God’s patience and His judgment?

You see God’s patience in the way He kept sending prophets early and often, out of compassion for His people and for His temple. He gave them many chances to turn back. But you also see His judgment when those warnings were mocked, rejected, and resisted for so long that there was “no remedy.” Then God used the Babylonian king to bring the sword, destroy Jerusalem’s defenses and temple, and send the survivors into exile, just as He had said.

What was happening in Judah’s history when these events took place?

This describes the last days of the kingdom of Judah. The people and their leaders had fallen into deep idol worship and copied the practices of the surrounding nations. Prophets had warned them for generations, but they refused to listen. Finally, the Babylonian empire rose in power. Its king attacked Jerusalem, killed many people, took temple treasures, destroyed the city, and carried off the rest to Babylon. They stayed there as servants until the Persian empire took over.

How can this passage speak to people’s lives today?

This passage shows that God is very patient but not indifferent. He speaks, warns, and calls people back because He cares. Ignoring or mocking His word has real consequences. Today, while the setting is different, the pattern is similar. God still uses Scripture and faithful voices to call people away from sin and empty worship. The wise response is to listen, humble ourselves, and turn back early, instead of pushing God away until our hearts are hard and damage is done.

2Chr.36.15

2 Chronicles 36:15

KJV

And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

The Fall of Jerusalem

And the Lord God of their fathers sent to them by his messengers, rising up betimes, and sending; because he had compassion on his people, and on his dwelling place:

But they mocked the messengers of God, and despised his words, and misused his prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against his people, till there was no remedy.

Therefore he brought upon them the king of the Chaldees, who slew their young men with the sword in the house of their sanctuary, and had no compassion upon young man or maiden, old man, or him that stooped for age: he gave them all into his hand.

And all the vessels of the house of God, great and small, and the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king, and of his princes; all these he brought to Babylon.

And they burnt the house of God, and brake down the wall of Jerusalem, and burnt all the palaces thereof with fire, and destroyed all the goodly vessels thereof.

And them that had escaped from the sword carried he away to Babylon; where they were servants to him and his sons until the reign of the kingdom of Persia:

To fulfil the word of the Lord by the mouth of Jeremiah, until the land had enjoyed her sabbaths: for as long as she lay desolate she kept sabbath, to fulfil threescore and ten years.

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