Category: Daily Devotion

  Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land. Jeremiah 41:2 – This was a sad day for Judah, their leader who was…

  …then all the Judeans returned from all the places to which they had been driven and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah at Mizpah. And they gathered wine and summer fruits in great abundance. Jeremiah 40:12 – As Jeremiah prophesied would take place, Jerusalem and the surrounding areas had been conquered by Babylon.…

  For I will surely save you, and you shall not fall by the sword, but you shall have your life as a prize of war, because you have put your trust in me, declares the Lord. Jeremiah 39:18 – After an 18-month long besiegement the walls of Jerusalem were broken. If you were to read Lamentations 4…

  And Jeremiah remained in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken. Jeremiah 38:28 – What we are reading about in this chapter is likely the most difficult chapter of Jeremiah’s ministry life. While in prison he is taken by some officials, beaten, and put in an undergrown cistern with the…

  King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king questioned him secretly in his house and said, “Is there any word from the Lord?” Jeremiah said, “There is.” Then he said, “You shall be delivered into the hand of the king of Babylon.” Jeremiah 37:17 – I can’t help but find some humor in this verse…

  And they said to him, “Sit down and read it.” So Baruch read it to them. 16 When they heard all the words, they turned one to another in fear. And they said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.” Jeremiah 36:15-16 – As you read this chapter the climax is in verse…

  The sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept the command that their father gave them, but this people has not obeyed me. Jeremiah 35:16 – In Judah at this time was a family known as the Rechabites. This family had an ancestor that laid down strict rules for his family to keep…

  Therefore, thus says the Lord: You have not obeyed me by proclaiming liberty, every one to his brother and to his neighbor; behold, I proclaim to you liberty to the sword, to pestilence, and to famine, declares the Lord. I will make you a horror to all the kingdoms of the earth. Jeremiah 34:17 – God is saying they didn’t…

  Thus says the Lord: In this place of which you say, ‘It is a waste without man or beast,’ in the cities of Judah and the streets of Jerusalem that are desolate, without man or inhabitant or beast, there shall be heard again 11 the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom…

  Yet you, O Lord God, have said to me, “Buy the field for money and get witnesses”—though the city is given into the hands of the Chaldeans. Jeremiah 32:25 – Jeremiah was given a truly odd command from the Lord. While in the royal prison, God commanded Jeremiah to buy the property of his cousin. While odd in…