The Fall of Jerusalem
Jeremiah 39:1-18, NIV
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Zedekiah’s chooses to escape vs 4 instead of surrendering to the Babylonians. The result is his family, his attendants were killed. He himself was blinded vs 5-7. The Babylonian set fire to the palace…vs 8.
Matthew 26:69-75, NIV
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Peter denied Jesus three times with an oath vs 72 before the cock crows as predicted…went out and wept bitterly.
Judas…remorse and returned the thirty silver coins..repented..I have sinned..betrayed innocent blood vs 3; hanged himself..potter field..fulfillment of Jeremiah’s prophecy