Because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, including the shedding of innocent blood

 2 Kings 24:1-9

During Jehoiakim’s reign, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon invaded the land, and Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years. But then he turned against Nebuchadnezzar and rebelled. The Lord sent Babylonian, Aramean, Moabite and Ammonite raiders against him to destroy Judah, in accordance with the word of the Lord proclaimed by his servants the prophets. Surely these things happened to Judah according to the Lord’s command, in order to remove them from his presence because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the Lord was not willing to forgive.

The king of Egypt did not march out from his own country again, because the king of Babylon had taken all his territory, from the Wadi of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem three months.

Josiah's son Eliakim, who remained Jehoiakim as a sign of his subjection, is put on the throne by Pharaoh Necho, He rules for 11 years. At first subject o Egypt. Jehoiakim becomes Babylon's subject after Egypt is defeated at Carchemish in 605. Judah remains a vassal of Nebuchadnezzar for three years, then defects to Egypt again. This beings moe attacks from the Babylonians, and repeated warnings from the prophet Jeremiah.

Why?

For the sins of Judah, because of the sins of Manasseh and all he had done, including the shedding of innocent blood. This caused Judah to be destroyed completely.

Judah became a vassal of Babylon, but they still rely on Egypt, so it brought total destruction to his territory.

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約亞敬與約亞斤的事。約亞敬年間巴比倫擄走一批猶大人，但以理就在當中。

猶大想要依靠埃及，埃及卻也不可靠。耶和華使這些軍隊來毀滅猶大。土地，國家，主權都是神所賞賜的。猶大無視先知的警告。人離開神想要做自己，不是被這國綑綁，就是那國綑綁。當時先知是耶利米，早已提出警告，甚至想要殺先知！

約亞斤名字： 耶和華印證的含義。神的話必定成就。

猶大此時巴比侖可以滅掉猶大，但是神仍然給猶大悔改的機會，神當時告訴猶大王只要投降巴比倫就可以活命。只有約亞斤投降巴比倫。年老時仍然得以在王宮吃飯。

世界各國的勢力都不可靠的，只有耶和華是可靠的。

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How?

God loved Judah, but these last a few kings still are neck hard people, so their destination couldn't change as their father Josiah.