Israel's Captivity!

The Jews were warned by God about a coming captivity. Israel and Judah had sinned and God had prophecy about a coming captivity and even their captors. He told them that it was His judgement and punishment for their rebellion and sin. In fact, God even described the nature and brutality of their captivity and the period at which this event will take place. In one of those instance in scriptures, He described Judah's captor, Babylon, "as a lion that has come out of its thicket". Meanwhile, Israel had been taken into captivity for more than 100years by the Assyrian army before Judah's captivity. This two event marked the end of Israel and Judah period as kingdom. Henceforth, Israel and Judah became prisoners, moving from one transition of captivity to another until Christ was born in a small city called Bethlehem.