Month: September 2014

Jeremiah 39:1-18.  Today’s reading is the last chapter in a section about the fall of Jerusalem to Nebuchadnezzar.  Jeremiah has warned and warned the people of Jerusalem and Judah, their religious leader the scribes and priests, the political leaders the “officials”, their kings that Jerusalem and the temple would be destroyed.  He offered them hope Read more

Jeremiah 38:14-28.  Yesterday we started reading about a second time Jeremiah was put in a cistern and then rescued.  He wasn’t rescued and set free though he was kept a prisoner at the king’s palace, in a courtyard.  As I said yesterday some Bible experts think chapter 38 is a retelling of the story from Read more