Staple Stamp
“Then the city wall was broken through, and all the men of war fled and went out of the city at night by way of the gate between the two walls, which was by the king’s garden, even though the Chaldeans were near the city all around. And they went by way of the plain.” Jeremiah 52:7 NKJV http://bible.com/114/jer.52.7.nkjv Review of the fall of Jerusalem at the end of the Book of Jeremiah appears unnecessary until a careful cast is placed on the strategy of the enemy's invasion. The Chaldeans did not attack, possibly for lack of confidence in the state of the military might the Hebrews might have for defense. They simply employed time (about 2 years) to build confidence on what the Hebrews will not have, after stamping out the supply of food through a wall of human shield outside the borders. Many wars in contemporary times have successfully employed the same strategy of blocking the staple stamp of the necessity of life, in order to enslave and defeat the enemies. Likewise...