Exploring the Scriptures Together
II Kings 25:4-7; Jeremiah 52:7-11; 39:1-7; II Kings 25:8-21; Jeremiah 52:12-27; 39:8-10 It’s 587 or 586 B.C. Jeremiah has been warning of this day for years, proclaiming the destruction of Jerusalem as God’s judgment upon Judah. Ezekiel has said the same, modeling the siege, with its attendant starvation and disease. But the king, the priests, …
Continue reading “August 4 / II Kings 25:4-21; Jeremiah 52:7-27; 39:1-10”
Ezekiel 6-7; 29:1-16; 30:20-31:18 Yet I will leave some of you alive. When you have among the nations some who escape the sword, and when you are scattered through the countries, then those of you who escape will remember me among the nations where they are carried captive, how I have been broken over their …
Continue reading “August 3 / Ezekiel 6-7; 29:1-16; 30:20-31:18”
Ezekiel 21:18-32; 24; 3:22-5:17 But the Spirit entered into me and set me on my feet, and He spoke with me and said to me, “Go, shut yourself within your house. And you, O son of man, behold, cords will be placed upon you, and you shall be bound with them, so that you cannot …
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Ezekiel 22:1-22; 23 If reading Ezekiel 23 feels a bit like déjà vu, that may be because it sounds a lot like Ezekiel 16, which we read just a few days ago. We again see Jerusalem (and Judah) “looking for love in all the wrong places” and doing so despite having observed the LORD’s judgment …
Date Reading(s) Verses 01-Aug Ezekiel 22:1-22; 23 71 02-Aug Ezekiel 21:18-32; 24; 3:22-5:17 82 03-Aug Ezekiel 6-7; 29:1-16; 30:20-31:18 82 04-Aug II Kings 25:4-7; Jeremiah 52:7-11; 39:1-7II Kings 25:8-21; Jeremiah 52:12-27; 39:8-10 49 05-Aug Lamentations 1:1-3:33 77 06-Aug Lamentations 3:34-5:22 77 07-Aug II Kings 25:22-26; Jeremiah 39:11-44:30 112 08-Aug II Chronicles 36:17-21; Ezekiel 12; Psalm …
Ezekiel 20:1-21:17 But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations… Ezekiel 20:9a But I acted for the sake of My name, that it should not be profaned in the sight of the nations… Ezekiel 20:14a But I withheld My hand and acted …
Ezekiel 17-18 Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, lest iniquity be your ruin. Cast away from you all the transgressions that you have committed, and make yourselves a new heart and a new spirit! Why …
Ezekiel 16 With the LORD’s likening of Jerusalem’s behavior to harlotry, our reading today sounds a lot like Hosea. (By way of refresher, feel free to look back at the posts for June 6, June 7, and June 8.) The LORD sent Hosea to prophesy primarily to the Northern Kingdom of Israel (aka Samaria), who …
Ezekiel 13-15 Like Jeremiah, Ezekiel must contend against false prophets. One might think that with all the success Nebuchadnezzar has had against Judah (and everyone else), and with thousands already in exile, the false prophets would be out of business, their message of peace and security seen as an obvious sham. But such is the …
II Chronicles 36:13-16; Ezekiel 8-11 We’re back to Ezekiel, who lives as an exile in Babylonia. There in Babylonia Ezekiel sees a vision of what the LORD is doing back in Jerusalem, and it is not pretty. It is enough to make any faithful follower of God weep, as the glory of the LORD lifts …
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