In the great deportation, Nebuchadnezzar took the skilled, educated and fighting men leaving only the poor of the land. These who were left worked the land and kept the buildings repaired.

Under Zedekiah’s reign, the leaders and the priests became more and more unfaithful following the detestable practices of the nations and defiling the temple of the Lord. And yet, our ever faithful God sends them messengers because He has pity on them and on His dwelling place.

2 Tim 2:13
if we are faithless, he will remain faithful, for he cannot disown himself.

God continues to give us chance, after chance, after chance.