Jeremiah 37-38 Dear RTB’ers, Good morning and welcome to April! I don’t have any April Fool’s jokes for you, and neither did Jeremiah! He told them again and again that Jerusalem would be overthrown by the Babylonians, and it happened just as he said. After doing battle with King Jehoiakim in yesterday’s reading, today Jeremiah …
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April 2026 Readings
Date Readings Verses 01-Apr Jeremiah 37-38 49 02-Apr Jeremiah 39-41 52 03-Apr Jeremiah 42-43 35 04-Apr Jeremiah 44-45 35 05-Apr Jeremiah 46-47 35 06-Apr Jeremiah 48 47 07-Apr Jeremiah 49:1-33 33 08-Apr Jeremiah 49:34-50:46 52 09-Apr Jeremiah 51:1-58 58 10-Apr Jeremiah 51:59-52:34 40 11-Apr Lamentations 1 22 12-Apr Lamentations 2 22 13-Apr Lamentations 3 66 …
March 31 / Jeremiah 36
Jeremiah 36 Dear RTB’ers, Today, the Scroll – #1 and #2. Over the next few chapters you will begin to see why I like the book of Jeremiah so much: I love Jeremiah’ persistence in the face of opposition! To paraphrase St. Paul, “He knows Him in Whom he has believed”. (See II Timothy 1:12.) …
March 30 / Jeremiah 35
Jeremiah 35 Dear RTB’ers, The Rechabites. It’s a simple story. Rules had been laid down by their grandfather, Rechab, and passed on through their father, Jonadab, and were faithfully obeyed throughout the family. God uses them as a standard by which to compare Judah and Jerusalem. The Rechabites were obeying human fathers, while the Israelites …
March 29 / Jeremiah 34
Jeremiah 34 Dear RTB’ers, Jeremiah speaks the word of the Lord and Zedekiah and his officials listen: King Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people in Jerusalem to make a proclamation of liberty to them, that everyone should set free his Hebrew slaves, male and female, so that no one should enslave a …
March 28 / Jeremiah 32-33
Jeremiah 32-33 Dear RTB’ers, A long reading today, one of our longest of the year, but also with a lot of narrative that makes it easier to read. Jerusalem is under siege by the Babylonians (Chaldeans), just one year before the city actually falls in 586 B.C., yet the Lord tells Jeremiah to buy land …
March 27 / Jeremiah 31:27-40
Jeremiah 31:27-40 Dear RTB’ers, The new covenant… In my earlier “born again” years I was active in a church called the “New Covenant Fellowship”, so this section of Jeremiah is always special to me. The new covenant paragraph (Jer. 31:31-34) is quoted in its entirety in Hebrews 8:8-12. To me the essence of this new …
March 26 / Jeremiah 30:1-31:26
Jeremiah 30:1-31:26 Dear RTB’ers, Today and the next two days the key word is “restoration” – the Lord restoring the fortunes of both Israel (the Northern Kingdom) and Judah, bringing them back from captivity (exile) and re-settling them back in their own land. What’s unusual here is God’s inclusion of Israel and its restoration. Almost …
March 25 / Jeremiah 29
Jeremiah 29 Dear RTB’ers, A number of verses stand out for me today. First, But seek the welfare of the city where I have sent you into exile, and pray to the LORD on its behalf, for in its welfare you will find your welfare. (v. 7) Although Jeremiah was writing to the exiles in …
March 24 / Jeremiah 27-28
Jeremiah 27-28 Dear RTB’ers, A first comment… I have often suggested that you read the “See also” material. I particularly suggest that you read those items when we are reading these Old Testament prophets. I have never posted comments over most of the Old Testament, but John covered the entire Bible in 2023. His comments …