The final lamentation. As I understand it, this was not an acrostic, but a creative variation of a similar format. Still 22 verses.
...continue reading "Lamentations 5"Category: Prayer
Lamentations 3
This is the third acrostic lamentation of Jeremiah. In this one, each of the 22 letters of the Hebrew alphabet is used three times.
...continue reading "Lamentations 3"Lamentations 1
This is the first of five poems from Jeremiah, apart from his narrative history, reflecting on the wickedness and then fall of Judah.
...continue reading "Lamentations 1"Habakkuk 3
Habakkuk's prayer
...continue reading "Habakkuk 3"Psalms 74 and 79
As mentioned previously, I am reading through the Old Testament in chronological order. The Blue Letter Bible reading order has me pause Jeremiah to wrap up all of the books from prior to the Babylonian victory over Jerusalem. First up are these two psalms.
...continue reading "Psalms 74 and 79"Jeremiah 32
The Babylonians are at the gate and Jeremiah is in the custody of a petulant King...what could go wrong?
...continue reading "Jeremiah 32"Jeremiah 22
The Lord speaks again to the house of the king of Judah.
...continue reading "Jeremiah 22"Jeremiah 14
The Lord speaks to Jeremiah during a drought.
...continue reading "Jeremiah 14"II Kings 22 (Josiah Understood the Assignment)
Yay, it's time for Josiah!
...continue reading "II Kings 22 (Josiah Understood the Assignment)"Isaiah 63, 64, and 65:1-16
Isaiah 63 through the first part of 65 gives the formula for the blessings we've been reading about: Judgment; Confession; Repentance.
...continue reading "Isaiah 63, 64, and 65:1-16"