Are some things that happened at the time of the first captivity, maybe a picture of what is happening now?

The kingdom of Israel, the ten tribes of the north, were taken away captive, into other lands.

Then people from other nations were brought in to live in Israel's place, in the land that the LORD promised to Abraham.:

II Kings 17:6 In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

  23 Until the LORD removed Israel out of his sight, as he had said by all his servants the prophets. So was Israel carried away out of their own land to Assyria unto this day.

  24 And the king of Assyria brought men from Babylon, and from Cuthah, and from Ava, and from Hamath, and from Sepharvaim, and placed them in the cities of Samaria instead of the children of Israel: and they possessed Samaria, and dwelt in the cities thereof.

  26a Wherefore they spake to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which thou hast removed, and placed in the cities of Samaria, know not the manner of the God of the land:

Then Judah and Benjamin went into captivity in Babylon for 70 years, and a number of them returned to rebuild Jerusalem and the temple.

But the people who had been brought to dwell in Samaria, were very troubled at the return of the Jews, and hindered the Jews work of rebuilding.

Ezra 4:1 Now when the adversaries of Judah and Benjamin heard that the children of the captivity builded the temple unto the LORD God of Israel;

  4 Then the people of the land weakened the hands of the people of Judah, and troubled them in building,

  5 And hired counsellors against them, to frustrate their purpose, all the days of Cyrus king of Persia, even until the reign of Darius king of Persia.

This is very similar to today, where, living Samaria are peoples that came to dwell in Israel's place, Arabs, and other Middle Easterners, with their own muslim god.

They also have done much to greatly hinder the work of the Jews which returned over the past century.

The Samaritans in Ezra's days, wanted the powers that be, to be on their side, to stop the Jews:

Ezra 4:6 And in the reign of Ahasuerus, in the beginning of his reign, wrote they unto him an accusation against the inhabitants of Judah and Jerusalem.

  9 Then wrote Rehum the chancellor, and Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of their companions; the Dinaites, the Apharsathchites, the Tarpelites, the Apharsites, the Archevites, the Babylonians, the Susanchites, the Dehavites, and the Elamites,

  10 And the rest of the nations whom the great and noble Asnappar brought over, and set in the cities of Samaria, and the rest that are on this side the river, and at such a time.

  12 Be it known unto the king, that the Jews which came up from thee to us are come unto Jerusalem, building the rebellious and the bad city, and have set up the walls thereof, and joined the foundations.

  13 Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls set up again, then will they not pay toll, tribute, and custom, and so thou shalt endamage the revenue of the kings.

  16 We certify the king that, if this city be builded again, and the walls thereof set up, by this means thou shalt have no portion on this side the river.

This is similar to how the modern, so called Palestinians, turn to the UN, or to Russia, or China, to help them in their cause agains the Jews which have returned.

In Ezra's day, the main power that the Samaritans appealed to, was Persia.

And the king of Persia, hearkened unto them, to put a stop to what the Jews were doing:

Ezra 4:21 Give ye now commandment to cause these men to cease, and that this city be not builded, until another commandment shall be given from me.

  22 Take heed now that ye fail not to do this: why should damage grow to the hurt of the kings?

  23 Now when the copy of king Artaxerxes’ letter was read before Rehum, and Shimshai the scribe, and their companions, they went up in haste to Jerusalem unto the Jews, and made them to cease by force and power.

  24 Then ceased the work of the house of God which is at Jerusalem. So it ceased unto the second year of the reign of Darius king of Persia.

This is similar to all the UN pronouncements against the Jews in our time.

In Ezra's time, they never hesitated to accuse and hinder the Jews:

Ezra 5:3 ¶ At the same time came to them Tatnai, governor on this side the river, and Shetharboznai, and their companions, and said thus unto them, Who hath commanded you to build this house, and to make up this wall?

Ezra 5:4 Then said we unto them after this manner, What are the names of the men that make this building?

Which is similar to today.

When Nehemiah came to Jerusalem, the transplanted peoples were very upset:

Nehemiah 2:10 When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.

  19 But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?

Today, the "Palestinians" are equally upset when Jews move back to the land to help those already returned there.

In Nehemiah's time, the transplanted peoples, and the other enemies of the Jews living about them, planned to come together to fight against the Jews:

Nehemiah 4:1 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat heard that we builded the wall, he was wroth, and took great indignation, and mocked the Jews.

  2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

  3 Now Tobiah the Ammonite was by him, and he said, Even that which they build, if a fox go up, he shall even break down their stone wall.

  7 But it came to pass, that when Sanballat, and Tobiah, and the Arabians, and the Ammonites, and the Ashdodites, heard that the walls of Jerusalem were made up, and that the breaches began to be stopped, then they were very wroth,

  8 And conspired all of them together to come and to fight against Jerusalem, and to hinder it.

  11 And our adversaries said, They shall not know, neither see, till we come in the midst among them, and slay them, and cause the work to cease.

  12 And it came to pass, that when the Jews which dwelt by them came, they said unto us ten times, From all places whence ye shall return unto us they will be upon you.

That certainly has been repeated multiple times over the past 80 years.

Although back in the land, the Jews were still under dominion of other more powerful nations:

Nehemiah 9:36 Behold, we are servants this day, and for the land that thou gavest unto our fathers to eat the fruit thereof and the good thereof, behold, we are servants in it:

Nehemiah 9:37 And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.

Where today, they have been held back by the UN, by Europe, by Russia, and particularly by the U.S.

One example is when president George H. Bush demanded that the Jews not retaliate when Saddam was shooting scud missiles at them, during Gulf War I.

Is this possibly true, or am I making something up that isn't really there?

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