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3 days ago · This negativity pissed off King Zedekiah of Judah, who threw Jeremiah in prison (Jeremiah 32:1–5). While Jeremiah was imprisoned, his cousin fell on hard times and needed funds. The cousin visited Jeremiah in prison and implored Jeremiah to buy the land because Jeremiah has, “the duty of redemption. Buy it” (Jeremiah 32:8).
3 days ago · Jer. 38:17 Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel: ‘If you surely surrender to the king of Babylon’s princes, then your soul shall live; this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live. 18 But if you do not surrender to the king of Babylon’s princes, then this ...
1 day ago · The city remained under siege until the 11th year of Zedekiah’s reign.” -2 Kings 25:1-2 (VOICE) “Zedekiah was the last king before the final conquest of the Babylonians over Judah, and the final conquest began in his tenth year. Jeremiah wrote this even as Babylon’s army besieged Jerusalem.
4 days ago · Jehoiachin is exiled and Babylon places his uncle, Zedekiah, on the throne. Zedekiah reigns for about 10 years until he too tries to reject Babylonian power, which elicits a crushing response...
1 day ago · The ritual of sacrificing a lamb was the Father’s idea ( Leviticus 4:1-35 ), though the act itself was symbolic. God established such offerings as an illustration of the seriousness of sin. The practice also pointed to Christ’s perfect sacrificial death on our behalf and the salvation He brings. Like the Israelites, we must also look to a ...
1 day ago · Reign of Zedekiah. 11 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he began to reign; he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. 12 He did what was evil in the sight of the Lord his God. He did not humble himself before the prophet Jeremiah who spoke from the mouth of the Lord.
5 days ago · In the Haftarah for Parshat Behar, the prophet Jeremiah is confined within King Zedekiah’s royal compound, prophesying the destruction of Jerusalem and the exile of the Jewish people. Yet, even ...
