Jeremiah 44-45
Dear RTB’ers,
Holy Saturday. Jesus in the tomb. Or not…??!! Ponder and pray.
Jeremiah in Egypt, having been taken there against his will. Someone (any of us?) reading this book for the first time has to wonder what will become of him. The Lord has promised destruction (the sword, famine, and pestilence) to all those who feared Babylon and fled to Egypt: …none of the remnant of Judah who have come to live in the land of Egypt shall escape or survive or return to the land of Judah, to which they desire to return to dwell there. For they shall not return, except some fugitives. (v. 44:14) Might Jeremiah be one of those “fugitives”? Stay tuned!
Holy Saturday. Jesus in the tomb. Ponder and pray.
Blessings.
See also: August 7 (2023) / II Kings 25:22-26; Jeremiah 39:11-44:30 (again).