STORY 58
Jerusalem Get Wipe Out
Ova an ova, da Judah peopo had bag from Jehovah an go worship fake kine gods. An all dose years, Jehovah wen keep trying fo help dem. He sen plenny prophets fo warn da peopo, but dey ony make fun of da prophets an neva lissen. How Jehovah wuz goin stop dem from worshipping fake kine gods?
Nebukadnezzar, da Babylon king, wuz taking ova one place afta anodda. Da firs time he take ova Jerusalem, he take az prisonas King Jehoiachin, da princes, da army guys, builda guys, an bring um all to Babylon side. He wen take all da treshas from Jehovah’s Tempo too. Den Nebukadnezzar wen make Zedekiah da Judah king.
At da start, Zedekiah wen lissen to Nebukadnezzar. But fake prophets an odda guys from kingdoms close by wen tell Zedekiah fo go agains Babylon. Jeremiah warn him: ‘If you do dat, peopo goin kill each odda, no goin get nuff food, an peopo goin get sick in Judah.’
Afta Zedekiah wuz king fo eight years, dass wen he choose fo go agains Babylon. He wen go ask da Egypt army guys fo help him. Den Nebukadnezzar sen his army fo attack Jerusalem. Wen dey get dea, dey camp all aroun da town. Jeremiah tell Zedekiah: ‘Jehovah say dat if you jus give up, you an Jerusalem goin live. But if you no do dat, da Babylon guys goin burn Jerusalem down an make you dea prisona.’ Zedekiah tell: ‘No ways I goin give up!’
One year an half layta, da Babylon army guys wen buss tru da Jerusalem walls an set da whole town on fiyah. Dey wen burn down Da Tempo, kill plenny peopo, an take tousans back wit dem az prisonas.
Zedekiah wen get away from Jerusalem, but da Babylon army guys wen go afta him. Dey wen catch him by Jericho an bring him back to Nebukadnezzar. Da Babylon king wen kill Zedekiah’s boys, an wen make him watch da whole ting. So nutz, yeah? Den Nebukadnezzar wen make Zedekiah go blind an throw him in prison, wea he layta mahke. But Jehovah promise da Judah peopo: ‘Afta 70 years, I goin bring you guys back home to Jerusalem.’
Wat goin happen to all da young guys dey wen take back to Babylon? Dey still goin stick close to Jehovah, or wat?
“You Da One In Charge, da God Dat Get All Da Powa. You da Judge. An eryting you do, you do um right an tell da tru.”—Jesus Show 16:7