captivity in babylon造句

• Most of the elite were taken into captivity in Babylon.
• He was the first of three post-exile prophets from the Neo-Babylonian Exile of the House of Judah ( with captivity in Babylon.
• Cyrus the Great, the Persian king, released the Jews from their captivity in Babylon and allowed them to return to Jerusalem to rebuild their temple.
• During the restoration of the Temple worship after the 70-year captivity in Babylon, no mention is made of the return of the menorah but only of " vessels " ( ).
• In the Hebrew Bible, the captivity in Babylon is presented as a punishment for idolatry and disobedience to Yahweh in a similar way to the presentation of Israelite slavery in Egypt followed by deliverance.
• The Cyrus Cylinder is famous for its suggested evidence of Cyrus'policy of repatriation of the Hebrew people after their captivity in Babylon, as the text refers to the restoration of cult sanctuaries and repatriation of deported peoples.
• In the second siege Nebuchadnezzar's forces captured Jerusalem and inflicted a terrible sacking of the city, with the Holy Temple destroyed and thousands of Jews marched off to captivity in Babylon, as famously recorded in the Bible.
• You can also say " the Captivity in Babylon " or " the Captivity of Babylon "; they all mean the same thing, just like " the American Senate " and " the Senate of the United States " mean the same thing.
• In Judah some kings are good and enforce the worship of Yahweh alone, but many are bad and permit other gods, even in the Holy Temple itself, and at length Yahweh allows Judah to fall to her enemies, the people taken into captivity in Babylon, the land left empty and desolate, and the Holy Temple itself destroyed.
• The Queen Mother Nitocris, mother of Belshazzar, muses on the changes than can affect even the most powerful of human beings ( Accompanied recitative : " Vain, fluctuating state of human empire ! " ) Nitocris has become convinced that the God of the Jews, who are being held in captivity in Babylon, is the true God, and to Him she prays ( Air : " Thou, God most high, and Thou alone " ).