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Audio Interchange File Format  |  1996-05-09  |  2.7 MB  |  1 channel  |  22,050 sample rate  |  1 minute, 3 seconds
Transcription: The Babylonian army had been pillaging Judah for 20 years before the fall of Jerusalem, and Ezekiel was among the first wave of captives taken to Babylon nearly 500 miles away. He lived with the Israelites in a refugee settlement beside a river. Like refugees everywhere, those in Babylon longed for nothing more than a chance to return to their homeland. They received letters of advice and comfort from the prophet Jeremiah. They cringed at reports of rebellion by Judah's kings, fearful that any rebellion might arouse the wrath of Babylon. They wondered anxiously whether their beleaguered nation ...