God's alleged reason for punishing the Jews over and over again throughout The Bible is that they were a stiff-necked people, who would not obey His command precisely. This includes sending them into captivity. Also, even as he brought them into captivity several times, he also brought them out of captivity to show what a mighty God he was.
the Babylonians
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No. The monarchy was in power.
In 586 BC, Babylon took the southern kingdom (Judah) into captivity.
Ezra and Nehemiah.
The Lion of Judah from the Christian Bible.
Judah was the fourth(4) son of Israel - a Hebraic people. He and his descendants are the recipient of the 'Sceptre' promise of the Savior of Mankind - Jesus Christ. His tribe was also tasked with keeping the Scripture perfectly intact and this is known as the 'Oracles of God' in the New Testament. During the Babylonian captivity, the Southern Kingdom of Judah's populace became known as 'Jews' to their captors. This name has remained with them to this day.
The Israelites were never freed from Assyrian captivity. They adapted their religious beliefs to those of their captors and gradually blended into the culture that surrounded them, losing their ethnic identity. Their modern-day descendants are probably among the Iraqis, Syrians and other Middle Eastern peoples. The Judahites, former inhabitants of Judah, were freed from Chaldean (Babylonian) captivity by King Cyrus of Persia, and allowed to return to Judah.
Very many prophets, most of whose names are not recorded (Talmud, Megillah 14a). Those whom we do know, include Nathan, Gad, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Joel, Nachum, Zephaniah, Habakkuk, Haggai, Zechariah, and Malachi.See also:More about the Israelite prophets
The people of Israel were carried away by the Assyrians, 133 years before the First Destruction. They are known as the Ten Lost Tribes and their location (if any) is not known. http://judaism.answers.com/jewish-history/where-are-the-ten-tribes-where-is-the-ark-of-the-covenantThe people of Judah were taken into Babylonian captivity and were allowed to return and rebuild the Temple. Most Jews today are descendants of these Judeans, who comprise a portion of the original Israelites.
Starting in Isaiah 1:1 the book addresses Judah and Jerusalem with warnings and prophecies from the time of King Uzziah (740 B.C.) to the time of Hezekiah (681 B.C.) leading up to the Babylonian captivity.
Cyrus II (Cyrus the Great) freed the Jewish Exiles from captivity