Exploring the Scriptures Together
II Chronicles 36:17-21; Ezekiel 12; Psalm 89 Rewind. Replay. We get to see the Fall of Jerusalem all over again through the Chronicler’s summary of the event, with his added recognition that it is all a fulfilment of Jeremiah’s prophecy. Then we get to go back a bit further to before Jerusalem’s Fall to watch …
Continue reading “August 8 / II Chronicles 36:17-21; Ezekiel 12; Psalm 89”
II Kings 25:22-26; Jeremiah 39:11-44:30 Some people never learn… Whereas the Book of Lamentations gives us a godly perspective on the sufferings inflicted upon Jerusalem, we see today that such a perspective is clearly not held by the vast majority of those left in Judah. So we see democracy in action yet again, and everyone …
Continue reading “August 7 / II Kings 25:22-26; Jeremiah 39:11-44:30”
Lamentations 3:34-5:22 With a second day in Lamentations, are you beginning to get a sense of the devastation of Jerusalem? If you are having trouble imagining this ancient city, let me offer more contemporary settings. On this 78th anniversary of the dropping of the first Atomic Bomb, consider Hiroshima or Nagasaki. Or for something directly …
Lamentations 1:1-3:33 Yesterday, I encouraged us all to contemplate the desolation of Jerusalem, to get a real sense of the devastation wrought by the Babylonian conquest. The book of Lamentations should help us do just that, if we let it. Listen to the words. Visualize the desolation. Put yourself into the picture. Feel the pathos. …
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 …
Continue reading “August 2 / Ezekiel 21:18-32; 24; 3:22-5:17”
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 …