Does God explain why He finally sent all of the tribes of Israel into captivity?
“But they refused to heed, shrugged their shoulders, and stopped their ears so that they could not hear. Yes, they made their hearts like flint, refusing to hear the law and the words which the LORD of hosts had sent by His Spirit through the former prophets. Thus … I scattered them with a whirlwind among all the nations which they had not known” (Zechariah 7:11-14). After the Israelites demonstrated by their long history of disobedience that the guidance from leaders and prophets filled with God’s Spirit would not change their hearts, God began revealing His plans for the then-distant future.
