2 Kings 24:20
For through the anger of the Lord this came about in Jerusalem and Judah until He cast them out from His presence. And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon.
We ought not underestimate the wrath of God and what He does about sin in our lives. God is a loving, kind, merciful and gracious God. But, when we think of those things and sing praises to Him about those aspects of His nature, we ought to be careful to never forget that He is a God of judgement, righteousness and truth, who hates sin. When someone rejects His truth and begins to create their own system of worship to gods they have created that angers the righteous God of the Ages and demands that He act. God sending Judah off to captivity, as He did Israel, is a perfect picture of what happens when we ignore God's Word and go off and create our own things to worship. God is a God of justice. He will show mercy to those who humble themselves (Josiah in this section is a perfect example of that truth). But, God will show justice when even those who think they are "His" people sin and disobey and ignore the Word of God and the character of God.
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