9. What happened at the first destruction of Jerusalem with regard to the Kingdom of God as represented by the royal line of King David?

⁹ At the first destruction of Jerusalem, by the Babylonians, the Kingdom of Jehovah God over the nation of Israel, as represented by the royal line of King David, came to an end. Since then, the natural Jews have not had a king over them in the line of the royal house of David.

this is what the Sovereign Lord Jehovah has said, ‘Remove the turban, and lift off the crown. This will not be the same. Put on high even what is low, and bring low even the high one.

—Ezekiel 21:25-27.