Chapter 38 ⁽³⁾

Passage Read: Jeremiah 37-40 Meditation Verse: 38:17-18 If Zedekiah had humbled himself and surrendered to the king of Babylon, Jerusalem would have been spared. He had power to rescue the city and the temple. But he refused and so both were destroyed. He thought he…

Passage Read: Psalm 35-38 Meditation Verses: 38:17-20 David has so many psalms about enemies hating him so much that he needs God's deliverance. Here he is discouraged by his own sin, broken over it, confessing it, and his enemies are surrounding him and pressing in…

Passage Read: Jeremiah 37-40 Meditation Verse: 38:17 Thought Zedekiah could have saved Jerusalem, if he had only humbled himself and surrendered to the Babylonians. The city and the temple would have been preserved. But he refused to believe Jeremiah, and so all this disaster fell…