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Articles_of_he_Bishop_of_Uramiah, page : 41
Some two centuries after the idolatrous and impenitent
Kingdom of Israel was overthrown, and the whole population
of the ten tribes deported into Assyria, Jerusalem and the
glorious temple of Solomon were razed to the ground by the
Chaldeans, and the unmassacred remnant of Judah and Ben-
jamin was transported into Babylonia. After a period of
seventy years' captivity, the Jews were permitted to return
to their country with full authority to build again their ruined
city and the temple. When the foundations of the new house
of God were being laid, there arose a tremendous uproar of
joy and acclamation from the assembly; while the old men
and women who had seen the gorgeous temple of Solomon
before, burst into a bitter weeping. It was on this solemn
occasion that the Almighty sent His worshiper the Prophet
Haggai to console the sad assembly with this important
message: -
Kingdom of Israel was overthrown, and the whole population
of the ten tribes deported into Assyria, Jerusalem and the
glorious temple of Solomon were razed to the ground by the
Chaldeans, and the unmassacred remnant of Judah and Ben-
jamin was transported into Babylonia. After a period of
seventy years' captivity, the Jews were permitted to return
to their country with full authority to build again their ruined
city and the temple. When the foundations of the new house
of God were being laid, there arose a tremendous uproar of
joy and acclamation from the assembly; while the old men
and women who had seen the gorgeous temple of Solomon
before, burst into a bitter weeping. It was on this solemn
occasion that the Almighty sent His worshiper the Prophet
Haggai to console the sad assembly with this important
message: -