2 Chronicles 12:8
12:8 Yet they will become his subjects, so they can experience how serving me differs from serving the surrounding nations.”
Nehemiah 9:35-37
9:35 Even when they were in their kingdom and benefiting from your incredible
goodness that you had lavished
on them in the spacious and fertile land you had set
before them, they did not serve you, nor did they turn from their evil practices.
9:36 “So today we are slaves! In the very land you gave to our ancestors to eat its fruit and to enjoy its good things – we are slaves!
9:37 Its abundant produce goes to the kings you have placed over us due to our sins. They rule over our bodies and our livestock as they see fit, and we are in great distress!
Jeremiah 5:19
5:19 “So then, Jeremiah,
when your people
ask, ‘Why has the
Lord our God done all this to us?’ tell them, ‘It is because you rejected me and served foreign gods in your own land. So
you must serve foreigners
in a land that does not belong to you.’
Jeremiah 17:4
17:4 You will lose your hold on the land
which I gave to you as a permanent possession.
I will make you serve your enemies in a land that you know nothing about.
For you have made my anger burn like a fire that will never be put out.”
Ezekiel 17:3
17:3 Say to them: ‘This is what the sovereign
Lord says:
“‘A great eagle with broad wings, long feathers,
with full plumage which was multi-hued,
came to Lebanon and took the top of the cedar.
Ezekiel 17:7
17:7 “‘There was another great eagle
with broad wings and thick plumage.
Now this vine twisted its roots toward him
and sent its branches toward him
to be watered from the soil where it was planted.
Ezekiel 17:12
17:12 “Say to the rebellious house of Israel:
‘Don’t you know what these things mean?’
Say: ‘See here, the king of Babylon came to Jerusalem
and took her king and her officials prisoner and brought them to himself in Babylon.