Illustration of Women and Children Taken Away to Captivity
Ancient Slavery of Women
Illustration of
Women and Children Taken Away to Captivity
God's own people would go into captivity
Deuteronomy 28:41 - Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
The nations that take captives shall become captives themselves
Jeremiah 30:16 - Therefore all they that devour thee shall be devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
"And they slew the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him with fetters of brass, and carried him to Babylon." - 2 Kings 25:7
"Because thy rage against me, and thy tumult, is come up into mine ears, therefore will I put my hook in thy nose, and my bridle in thy lips, and I will turn thee back by the way by which thou camest." - Isaiah 37:29
"And the word of the LORD came unto me, saying, Son of man, set thy face against Gog, the land of Magog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal, and prophesy against him, And say, Thus saith the Lord GOD; Behold, I am against thee, O Gog, the chief prince of Meshech and Tubal: And I will turn thee back, and put hooks into thy jaws, and I will bring thee forth, and all thine army, horses and horsemen.." - Ezekiel 38:1-4
There are many examples revealing Assyrian severity. A captured king was taken to the capital and compelled to pull the royal chariot of triumph. Rings were put through their lips or noses and sometimes hands, feet, noses and ears were cut off, they were blinded and their tongues were torn from their mouths. Prisoners were skinned alive and set on fire. Their skins were also hung near enemy city gates in order to collect tribute. The Lord allowed the ruthless Assyrians to capture the northern kingdom of Israel in 722 BC because of Israel's rebellion against Him. They were never seen again.
The Bible mentions "Captivity"
Ezekiel
12:4 - Then shalt thou bring forth thy stuff by day in their
sight, as stuff for removing: and thou shalt go forth at even in
their sight, as they that go forth into captivity.
2 Kings
25:27 - And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year
of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the
twelfth month, on the seven and twentieth [day] of the month, [that]
Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the year that he began to reign did
lift up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah out of prison;
Jeremiah
52:31 - And it came to pass in the seven and thirtieth year
of the captivity of Jehoiachin king of Judah, in the
twelfth month, in the five and twentieth [day] of the month, [that]
Evilmerodach king of Babylon in the [first] year of his reign lifted
up the head of Jehoiachin king of Judah, and brought him forth out
of prison,
Jeremiah
33:11 - The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the
voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of
them that shall say, Praise the LORD of hosts: for the LORD [is]
good; for his mercy [endureth] for ever: [and] of them that shall
bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the LORD. For I will
cause to return the captivity of the land, as at the
first, saith the LORD.
Daniel 5:13
- Then was Daniel brought in before the king. [And] the king spake
and said unto Daniel, [Art] thou that Daniel, which [art] of the
children of the captivity of Judah, whom the king my
father brought out of Jewry?
Jeremiah
30:16 - Therefore all they that devour thee shall be
devoured; and all thine adversaries, every one of them, shall go
into captivity; and they that spoil thee shall be a
spoil, and all that prey upon thee will I give for a prey.
Ezra 8:35
- [Also] the children of those that had been carried away, which
were come out of the captivity, offered burnt
offerings unto the God of Israel, twelve bullocks for all Israel,
ninety and six rams, seventy and seven lambs, twelve he goats [for]
a sin offering: all [this was] a burnt offering unto the LORD.
Jeremiah
20:6 - And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house
shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to
Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou,
and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies.
Ezra 3:8
- Now in the second year of their coming unto the house of God at
Jerusalem, in the second month, began Zerubbabel the son of
Shealtiel, and Jeshua the son of Jozadak, and the remnant of their
brethren the priests and the Levites, and all they that were come
out of the captivity unto Jerusalem; and appointed the
Levites, from twenty years old and upward, to set forward the work
of the house of the LORD.
Psalms
68:18 - Thou hast ascended on high, thou hast led
captivity captive: thou hast received gifts for men; yea,
[for] the rebellious also, that the LORD God might dwell [among
them].
Ezekiel
11:24 - Afterwards the spirit took me up, and brought me in
a vision by the Spirit of God into Chaldea, to them of the
captivity. So the vision that I had seen went up from me.
2 Kings
24:15 - And he carried away Jehoiachin to Babylon, and the
king's mother, and the king's wives, and his officers, and the
mighty of the land, [those] carried he into captivity
from Jerusalem to Babylon.
Esther 2:6
- Who had been carried away from Jerusalem with the captivity
which had been carried away with Jeconiah king of Judah, whom
Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away.
Jeremiah
48:11 - Moab hath been at ease from his youth, and he hath
settled on his lees, and hath not been emptied from vessel to
vessel, neither hath he gone into captivity: therefore
his taste remained in him, and his scent is not changed.
Lamentations 4:22 - The punishment of thine iniquity is
accomplished, O daughter of Zion; he will no more carry thee away
into captivity: he will visit thine iniquity, O
daughter of Edom; he will discover thy sins.
Deuteronomy 30:3 - That then the LORD thy God will turn thy
captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will
return and gather thee from all the nations, whither the LORD thy
God hath scattered thee.
Jeremiah
33:26 - Then will I cast away the seed of Jacob, and David
my servant, [so] that I will not take [any] of his seed [to be]
rulers over the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob: for I will cause
their captivity to return, and have mercy on them.
Jeremiah
32:44 - Men shall buy fields for money, and subscribe
evidences, and seal [them], and take witnesses in the land of
Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of
Judah, and in the cities of the mountains, and in the cities of the
valley, and in the cities of the south: for I will cause their
captivity to return, saith the LORD.
Deuteronomy 28:41 - Thou shalt beget sons and daughters, but
thou shalt not enjoy them; for they shall go into captivity.
2
Chronicles 6:38 - If they return to thee with all their
heart and with all their soul in the land of their captivity,
whither they have carried them captives, and pray toward their land,
which thou gavest unto their fathers, and [toward] the city which
thou hast chosen, and toward the house which I have built for thy
name:
Amos 7:17
- Therefore thus saith the LORD; Thy wife shall be an harlot in the
city, and thy sons and thy daughters shall fall by the sword, and
thy land shall be divided by line; and thou shalt die in a polluted
land: and Israel shall surely go into captivity forth
of his land.
Psalms 85:1
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Jeremiah
29:14 - And I will be found of you, saith the LORD: and I
will turn away your captivity, and I will gather you
from all the nations, and from all the places whither I have driven
you, saith the LORD; and I will bring you again into the place
whence I caused you to be carried away captive.
Amos 5:5
- But seek not Bethel, nor enter into Gilgal, and pass not to
Beersheba: for Gilgal shall surely go into captivity,
and Bethel shall come to nought.
Jeremiah
30:3 - For, lo, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will
bring again the captivity of my people Israel and
Judah, saith the LORD: and I will cause them to return to the land
that I gave to their fathers, and they shall possess it.
Ezra 2:1
- Now these [are] the children of the province that went up out of
the captivity, of those which had been carried away,
whom Nebuchadnezzar the king of Babylon had carried away unto
Babylon, and came again unto Jerusalem and Judah, every one unto his
city;
Ezekiel
12:7 - And I did so as I was commanded: I brought forth my
stuff by day, as stuff for captivity, and in the even
I digged through the wall with mine hand; I brought [it] forth in
the twilight, [and] I bare [it] upon [my] shoulder in their sight.
Judges 5:12
- Awake, awake, Deborah: awake, awake, utter a song: arise, Barak,
and lead thy captivity captive, thou son of Abinoam.
Jeremiah
30:10 - Therefore fear thou not, O my servant Jacob, saith
the LORD; neither be dismayed, O Israel: for, lo, I will save thee
from afar, and thy seed from the land of their captivity;
and Jacob shall return, and shall be in rest, and be quiet, and none
shall make [him] afraid.
Jeremiah
46:27 - But fear not thou, O my servant Jacob, and be not
dismayed, O Israel: for, behold, I will save thee from afar off, and
thy seed from the land of their captivity; and Jacob
shall return, and be in rest and at ease, and none shall make [him]
afraid.
The Bible mentions the
"Assyrians"
Jeremiah 2:18 - And now what hast thou to do in the way of
Egypt, to drink the waters of Sihor? or what hast thou to do in the
way of Assyria, to drink the waters of the river?
2 Kings
16:10 - And king Ahaz went to Damascus to meet
Tiglathpileser king of Assyria, and saw an altar that
[was] at Damascus: and king Ahaz sent to Urijah the priest the
fashion of the altar, and the pattern of it, according to all the
workmanship thereof.
2 Kings
19:4 - It may be the LORD thy God will hear all the words of
Rabshakeh, whom the king of Assyria his master hath
sent to reproach the living God; and will reprove the words which
the LORD thy God hath heard: wherefore lift up [thy] prayer for the
remnant that are left.
Isaiah 37:4
- It may be the LORD thy God will hear the words of Rabshakeh, whom
the king of Assyria his master hath sent to reproach
the living God, and will reprove the words which the LORD thy God
hath heard: wherefore lift up [thy] prayer for the remnant that is
left.
Jeremiah
2:36 - Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way?
thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of
Assyria.
2
Chronicles 32:9 - After this did Sennacherib king of
Assyria send his servants to Jerusalem, (but he [himself
laid siege] against Lachish, and all his power with him,) unto
Hezekiah king of Judah, and unto all Judah that [were] at Jerusalem,
saying,
2
Chronicles 30:6 - So the posts went with the letters from
the king and his princes throughout all Israel and Judah, and
according to the commandment of the king, saying, Ye children of
Israel, turn again unto the LORD God of Abraham, Isaac, and Israel,
and he will return to the remnant of you, that are escaped out of
the hand of the kings of Assyria.
2 Kings
16:7 - So Ahaz sent messengers to Tiglathpileser king of
Assyria, saying, I [am] thy servant and thy son: come up,
and save me out of the hand of the king of Syria, and out of the
hand of the king of Israel, which rise up against me.
2 Kings
18:9 - And it came to pass in the fourth year of king
Hezekiah, which [was] the seventh year of Hoshea son of Elah king of
Israel, [that] Shalmaneser king of Assyria came up
against Samaria, and besieged it.
2 Kings
18:17 - And the king of Assyria sent Tartan
and Rabsaris and Rabshakeh from Lachish to king Hezekiah with a
great host against Jerusalem. And they went up and came to
Jerusalem. And when they were come up, they came and stood by the
conduit of the upper pool, which [is] in the highway of the fuller's
field.
2 Kings
17:26 - Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria,
saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the
cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land:
therefore he hath sent lions among them, and, behold, they slay
them, because they know not the manner of the God of the land.
2 Kings
17:24 - And the king of Assyria brought [men]
from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and
from Sepharvaim, and placed [them] in the cities of Samaria instead
of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in
the cities thereof.
2 Kings
20:6 - And I will add unto thy days fifteen years; and I
will deliver thee and this city out of the hand of the king of
Assyria; and I will defend this city for mine own sake,
and for my servant David's sake.
2
Chronicles 28:21 - For Ahaz took away a portion [out] of the
house of the LORD, and [out] of the house of the king, and of the
princes, and gave [it] unto the king of Assyria: but
he helped him not.
Zechariah 10:10 - I will bring them again also out of the
land of Egypt, and gather them out of Assyria; and I
will bring them into the land of Gilead and Lebanon; and [place]
shall not be found for them.
Jeremiah
50:17 - Israel [is] a scattered sheep; the lions have driven
[him] away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured
him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon hath broken his
bones.
2 Kings
18:16 - At that time did Hezekiah cut off [the gold from]
the doors of the temple of the LORD, and [from] the pillars which
Hezekiah king of Judah had overlaid, and gave it to the king of
Assyria.
Isaiah 36:8
- Now therefore give pledges, I pray thee, to my master the king of
Assyria, and I will give thee two thousand horses, if
thou be able on thy part to set riders upon them.
Nehemiah
9:32 - Now therefore, our God, the great, the mighty, and
the terrible God, who keepest covenant and mercy, let not all the
trouble seem little before thee, that hath come upon us, on our
kings, on our princes, and on our priests, and on our prophets, and
on our fathers, and on all thy people, since the time of the kings
of Assyria unto this day.
Micah 5:6
- And they shall waste the land of Assyria with the
sword, and the land of Nimrod in the entrances thereof: thus shall
he deliver [us] from the Assyrian, when he cometh into
our land, and when he treadeth within our borders.
2 Kings
23:29 - In his days Pharaohnechoh king of Egypt went up
against the king of Assyria to the river Euphrates:
and king Josiah went against him; and he slew him at Megiddo, when
he had seen him.
Isaiah
27:13 - And it shall come to pass in that day, [that] the
great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready
to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in
the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at
Jerusalem.
Isaiah 36:2
- And the king of Assyria sent Rabshakeh from Lachish
to Jerusalem unto king Hezekiah with a great army. And he stood by
the conduit of the upper pool in the highway of the fuller's field.
2 Kings
18:23 - Now therefore, I pray thee, give pledges to my lord
the king of Assyria, and I will deliver thee two
thousand horses, if thou be able on thy part to set riders upon
them.
2 Kings
18:28 - Then Rabshakeh stood and cried with a loud voice in
the Jews' language, and spake, saying, Hear the word of the great
king, the king of Assyria:
2 Kings
19:10 - Thus shall ye speak to Hezekiah king of Judah,
saying, Let not thy God in whom thou trustest deceive thee, saying,
Jerusalem shall not be delivered into the hand of the king of
Assyria.
Isaiah
36:13 - Then Rabshakeh stood, and cried with a loud voice in
the Jews' language, and said, Hear ye the words of the great king,
the king of Assyria.
2 Kings
15:19 - [And] Pul the king of Assyria came
against the land: and Menahem gave Pul a thousand talents of silver,
that his hand might be with him to confirm the kingdom in his hand.
2 Kings
16:8 - And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in
the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king's house, and
sent [it for] a present to the king of Assyria.
2 Kings
18:30 - Neither let Hezekiah make you trust in the LORD,
saying, The LORD will surely deliver us, and this city shall not be
delivered into the hand of the king of Assyria.