• Jeremiah 25:11; 29:8-10
• II Chronicles 36:19-21

1st Deportation

Jeremiah 25:11-12

605 BC

2nd Deportation

Jeremiah 29:10

597 BC

3rd Deportation

II Chronicles 36:21

586 BC

1st Return

Ezra 1:1-3; Large group led by Zerubbabel; Ezra 1-6; Temple rebuilt

538-535 BC

2nd Return

Ezra 7:28; Large group led by Ezra; Ezra 7-10; Reforms

458 BC

3rd Return

Nehemiah 2:5-11; Nehemiah (group unknown); Book of Nehemiah; Wall rebuilt

445 BC

• How to make a comeback:
  • Get back to God (read and pray)!
    • Ezra 7:10 – Set your heart to study, do, and teach.
    • Ezra 8:15-17 – How did Ezra know he needed Levites? By studying God’s word!
    • Ezra 8:21; 9:6 – Ezra prayed for help from God and confessed their sins.
    • Acts 8:34, 22 – Read God’s word and pray!
  • Deal with your enemies!
    • Ezra 4:4-7; Nehemiah 4:1-6; 6:15-16 – Nehemiah and the people were demoralized by enemies, but they built the wall anyway.
    • Nehemiah 4:4; 5:19; 6:11-14; 13:14, 22, 29-31 – Nehemiah was looking to the future.