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| He also reminded them of what had happened to Shiloh. Shiloh, located about thirty miles north of Jerusalem, was an ancient northern sanctuary during the time of the Judges and Samuel. It was a very important place where God had been worshipped, but the people were evil so God ruined it. Jeremiah reminded the people of Judah that if they didn’t change their lives, then the same thing that happened to Shiloh would happen to Jerusalem.3 The people did not listen to Jeremiah or the prophets before him and so God allowed the Chaldeans to over take them. The passage in II Chronicles 36 explains what happened. King Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, helped tear down the walls to Jerusalem. Many people—young, old, men, women, children-- were killed. Everything in the temple was taken out--pots, shovels, dishes used for incense and all the bronze vessels used in the temple services were taken and the temple was then burned, along with all of the other great houses in Jerusalem. The people who were spared from the killing were taken into exile and the poorest were left to work the land as vinedressers and tillers of the soil.4 2 Peter C. Craigie, Page H. Kelley, Joel F. Drinkard, Jr., Eds., Word Biblical Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 ( Dallas, TX: Word Books, Publisher, 1991) p. 120. 3 Peter C. Craigie, Page H. Kelley, Joel F. Drinkard, Jr., Eds., Word Biblical Commentary: Jeremiah 1-25 ( Dallas, TX: Word Books, Publisher, 1991) p.122. 4 II Kings 25:8-2 |
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