Aug 9, 2026
JEREMIAH 50:
Finally after hearing messages prophesying
against so many nations, always telling or implying that the
Babylonians would be God’s instrument to punish them, now this long
chapter tells how Babylon will finally be judged as well, and God
will return to take pity on Israel.
PROVERBS 10b:
Here
is an example...
Aug 9, 2026
JEREMIAH 49:
Having heard bad news about Egypt, Philistia,
and Moab, we now hear the bad news for the nations of Ammon and
Edom, the city of Damascus, and the nations of Kedar, Hazor, and
Elam.
PROVERBS 10a:
From
here on in Proverbs, we’ll go a bit slower, by half chapters,
because each verse is a separate gem of...
Aug 9, 2026
JEREMIAH 48:
In yesterday’s reading, the Lord began giving oracles about
different nations, with one chapter concerning Egypt and the next
one about Philistia. Today we’ll hear about Moab.
Translation note:
13 GNT Then the Moabites will be disillusioned with their god
Chemosh, just as the Israelites were...
Aug 9, 2026
JEREMIAH 46-47:
After finally being able to give a comforting
message (“Stay here in Judah and don't go to Egypt. The Lord will
take care of you”), the people not only ran off to Egypt but took
Jeremiah with them. (Or did he go along willingly?) Perhaps he
thought that in Egypt the Lord's message to stop
worshiping...
Aug 9, 2026
JEREMIAH 44-45:
After all Jeremiah's messages of doom, he was
able to give a comforting message to the Judeans who had been
through so much. He might have thought, “At last I get to preach
good news.” The Lord said through him, “I feel sorry for all you
have had to suffer. Stay here. I will make the king of
Babylon...