82 tioned in a prophecy of Ezekiel, as one of the three best men who had ever lived. God told Ezekiel, that he hன் to destroy Jeru salem on account of the witkedness of time inhabitants; and “even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in the city, and should pray for it,” God would not turn away his anger; for the time had conte when it must be destroyed. Accordingly, two years aster, Zedekiah formed an alliance with the king of Egypt, and rebelled against the king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar, with a great army, marched towards the land of Judah ; but when he came near, he doubted whe ther to fight first against the Jews, or against the Ammonites, who had also rebelled against him. He fancied that the idol gods he worshipped could direct him ; and he cast lots, by putting two ar rows, upon which he had written the names of Judah and Ammon, into a quiver, and drawing out one of them. God so directed it, that the ar row upon which the name of Judah was written
came out first, and this decided Nebuchadnezzar
