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Verse 7 is FULFILLED PROPHECY: "and Zedekiah king of Judah shall not escape from the hand of the Chaldeans, but shall surely be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon, and shall speak with him face to face, and see him eye to eye;" (Jeremiah 32:4) "And you shall not escape from his hand, but shall surely be taken and delivered into his hand; your eyes shall see the eyes of the king of Babylon, he shall speak with you face to face, and you shall go to Babylon.'" (Jeremiah 34:3)  Jeremiah had warned Zedekiah that he would SEE Nebuchadnezzar while Ezekiel had said he would NOT SEE Babylon according to Ezekiel 12:13: "I will also spread My net over him, and he shall be caught in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon, to the land of the Chaldeans; YET HE SHALL NOT SEE IT, though he shall die there." Both truths of these prophecies were accurately fulfilled, just as God had said! Exile was the ultimate curse brought upon Judah because of her disobedience to the Mosaic Covenant (Lev. 26:33; Deut. 28:36, 64). All this happened in accordance with the things prophesied against Judah due to the sins of Manasseh (2 Kings 24:2-4; 2 Chronicles 36:15-21). The book of Lamentations also records the sorrow of Jeremiah over this destruction of Jerusalem. Remember Jeremiah, believing God, purchased a field in Anathoth: "For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: "Houses and fields and vineyards shall be possessed again in this land." (Jeremiah 32:15) The people of Anathoth did in fact return to Jerusalem from Babylon (Ezra 2:23). Jeremiah realized that the end of the city was near (Jeremiah 32:3); his action in buying that field was a remarkable demonstration of faith in God that the people of Judah would return one day to their land just as God had said. The Exile to Babylon is the end neither of Israel nor of the line and house of David. The house of David endured only because of the Lord's mercy: "He spoke kindly to him, and gave him a more prominent seat than those of the kings who were with him in Babylon. So Jehoiachin changed from his prison garments, and he ate bread regularly before the king all the days of his life. And as for his provisions, there was a regular ration given him by the king, a portion for each day, all the days of his life." (2 Kings 25:28-30) This good word from the king of Babylon to the surviving representative of the house of David served as a concluding reminder of God's good Word to David. Through the curse of exile, the dynasty of David had survived. There was still hope that God's good Word to David concerning the seed who will build God's temple and establish God's eternal kingdom would be fulfilled (2 Sam. 7:12-16). The book of 2 Kings opened with Elijah being carried away to heaven, the destination of all those faithful to God. The book ends with Israel, and then Judah, being carried away to pagan lands as a result of failing to be faithful to God. The Lord's mercy and devotion to His people was demonstrated in His extending lovingkindness, or loyal love, to thousands (Deut. 5:9, 10). The Lord's faithful love far outweighs His punishing judgment, but the seriousness of sin is not to be overlooked (Ex. 20:5, 6; 34:7). Each man and woman will be judged individually on the basis of his or her own actions, "Even to give every man according to his ways, According to the fruit of his doings." (Jeremiah 17:10) "And they were judged, each one according to his works." (Revelation 20:13) Fulfilled prophecy is powerful evidence that the Bible is divine rather than human in origin. Fulfilled prophecy is evidence of God's existence. God said in the book of the prophet Isaiah: "I am God, and there is no other; I am God and there is none like Me, declaring the end from the beginning, and from ancient times things that are not yet done, saying, 'My counsel shall stand'" (Isaiah 46:9-10). Here, it is God Himself asserting that to be able to foretell the future would be a proof of His divine supernatural power. More than once in this part of Isaiah's prophecy, God declares that He is the only one who has this power, for only He is God; there is no other: "I am God, and there is no other; I am God and there is none like Me" (Isaiah 46:9). It also proves that God spoke through the writing of His prophets as recorded in the Bible for our benefit today. Fulfilled prophecy should motivate us to look at the prophecies of the future and realize that they will come to pass as well. Proving that God exists is just the first step. He also challenges us to turn to Him (Isaiah 1:16-18; Acts 2:38). "But it shall come to pass, if thou wilt not hearken unto the voice of the Lord thy God, to observe to do all his commandments ... the Lord shall bring thee, and thy king which thou shalt set over thee, unto a nation which neither thou nor thy fathers have known ... And thou shalt become an astonishment, a proverb, and a byword, among all the nations whither the Lord shall lead thee ... The Lord shall scatter thee among all people, from the one end of the earth even to the other ... And among these nations shalt thou find no ease ..." (Deuteronomy 28:15,36-37,64-65). One of the strongest arguments for the accuracy of the Bible is its 100% accuracy in predicting the future. These future predictions are called "prophecies." The Old Testament was written between approximately 1450 BC and 430 BC. During that time, many predictions of the future were recorded in the Bible by God's prophets. Of the events that were to have taken place by now, every one happened just the way they predicted it would. No other "sacred writing" has such perfectly accurate predictions of the future.

Zedekiah was the last of David's relatives to sit on the throne. He was a wicked king and he was removed from the throne. I can't even imagine watching your children being killed and then having them put out your eyes. He suffered intensively for his sin. God made a promise to David that someone from his family would sit on his throne forever and that of course will be fulfilled in Jesus Christ! Come Lord Jesus!

The Babylonians surely were an evil lot but it shows what happens when previous generations forsake the Lord. It's time for North America to wake up and realize what could happen to us if we don't immediately return to following the Lord, for Satan's followers have no conscience. There will be a pay day and very soon if God does not awaken the church to truly follow Christ but we have to want to be awakened. I believe God is willing to forgive, if only we, the church will truly seek Him. 2Ch 7:14 If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land. .