Moses their great leader warned the people of Israel not to disobey the LORD or else:ĭeuteronomy 28:49-50 - 'The LORD will bring a nation against you from far, from the end of the earth, as the eagle flies a nation whose language you will not understand a nation of fierce facial expressions, that doesn't respect the elderly, nor show favor to the young.' Blessings if they followed the LORD and curses if they forsook him. Israel was confronted with the choice of blessings or curses.
The prophets of ancient Israel spoke about the events mentioned in the Old Testament long before they actually happened. 2 Chronicles 36:22 - Now in the first year of Cyrus king of Persia, that the word of the LORD spoken by the mouth of Jeremiah might be accomplished, the LORD stirred up the spirit of Cyrus king of Persia, that he made a proclamation throughout all his kingdom, and put it also in writing.
