(God is exalted)
Judah’s captivity, and regathering with Ephraim, and the nations judged. Jehovah God’s pleadings with rebellious Judah, ending in their captivity to Babylon (B.C. 599529, 70 years) and Jerusalem destroyed (B.C. 588). From chapter 30, Jehovah, their Righteousness, declares His love to all Israel, pledging a New Covenant to re-establish them in Jerusalem and to judge the nations and Babylon their enemies.
For 40 years “the weeping prophet” unsparingly warned them, yet to no avail. B.C., about 40 years, 629-588.