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Babylonian CaptivityExile of Jewish deportees to Babylon after Nebuchadnezzar II's capture of Jerusalem in 586 BC; it was the first diaspora of the Jewish people. According to tradition, the Captivity lasted 70 years, but Cyrus of Persia, who conquered Babylon, actually allowed them to go home in 536 BC. By analogy, the name has also been applied to the papal exile to Avignon, France, AD 1309–77.
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| In the first reading, the poet of this servant song, Second Isaiah, wrote to a community in Babylonian captivity. The result was a historical period of great significance--the Babylonian captivity of the Jews. The Old Testament speaks of the 14 generations from Abraham to David and the 14 more from David to the Babylonian captivity. |
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