2 Chronicles 36 - Introduction
* The destruction of Jerusalem. (1-21) The proclamation of Cyrus. (22,23)... [ Continue Reading ]
* The destruction of Jerusalem. (1-21) The proclamation of Cyrus. (22,23)... [ Continue Reading ]
1-21 The ruin of Judah and Jerusalem came on by degrees. The methods God takes to call back sinners by his word, by ministers, by conscience, by providences, are all instances of his compassion toward them, and his unwillingness that any should perish. See here what woful havoc sin makes, and, as we... [ Continue Reading ]
22,23 God had promised the restoring of the captives, and the rebuilding of Jerusalem, at the end of seventy years; and that time to favour Zion, that set time, came at last. Though God's church be cast down, it is not cast off; though his people be corrected, they are not abandoned; though thrown... [ Continue Reading ]