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Daniel 1:1-2 - In the third year of the reign of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem and besieged it. And the Lord gave Jehoiakim king of Judah into his hand, with some of the vessels of the house of God. And he brought them to the land of Shinar, to the house of his god, and placed the vessels in the treasury of his god.


Zechariah 5:8-9,11 - And he said, “This is Wickedness.” And he thrust her back into the basket, and thrust down the leaden weight on its opening. Then I lifted my eyes and saw, and behold, two women coming forward! The wind was in their wings. They had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the basket between earth and heaven…He said to me, “To the land of Shinar, to build a house for it. And when this is prepared, they will set the basket down there on its base.”

Application:

· Judah was exiled to Babylonia because she disobeyed God’s Word regarding covenant-keeping, the Sabbath years and idolatry. How am I doing at obeying God’s Word?
· Wickedness exists under the power and authority of God
· The removal of wickedness would be the work of God alone
· Only after purging it of its evil would the promised land truly be the holy land

All Scripture verses taken from ESV