Manasseh’s reign marked a spiritual relapse from which the kingdom of Judah would not recover. He made a mockery of his father Hezekiah’s faithful reign and did more evil than any of his predecessors. He was eventually captured by the Assyrian king and led off to Babylon in utter humiliation. There were six more kings in Judah after Manasseh and only one of them, Josiah the boy-king, was considered good. The kings that followed him did evil in the eyes of the Lord. God called the prophets, Jeremiah and Ezekiel, to warn the people of exile. While both prophets had an impossible task, they listened and obeyed God’s call on their lives. Through Jeremiah and Ezekiel, God revealed both destruction and the coming New Covenant .