The very powerful parable of the two eagles. Choose wisely.
...continue reading "Ezekiel 17"Category: Psalm
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"Psalms 46, 80, and 135
Using the Blue Letter Bible chronological reading list, we have a brief pause between Isaiah 48 and 49. We revisit Hezekiah in II Kings 19 and then read these three psalms, 46, 80, and 135.
...continue reading "Psalms 46, 80, and 135"Isaiah 47
A Ryrie footnote describes this chapter as a song of triumph over Babylon--as crushed by Persia 150 years later and, ultimately, at the end of rebellion against God in Revelations (Rev. 17:5).
...continue reading "Isaiah 47"Psalm 76
As I have noted previously, I am reading through the Old Testament chronologically, using a list I found through the Blue Letter Bible. Between Isaiah 39 and 40, the chronological order includes Psalm 76. It probably should go, specifically, after Isaiah 37 and the victory over Assyria, but here is where it fell. It is a Psalm of victory and celebration over Assyria.
...continue reading "Psalm 76"Isaiah 38
This is the second of three events we see in the "historical interlude" in the middle of the book of Isaiah, all related to King Hezekiah. These are cross-referenced in II Kings 20 and II Chronicles 32.
...continue reading "Isaiah 38"Isaiah 37
This is a continuation of the "historical interlude" from the reign of Hezekiah, as found in II Kings and cross-referenced in II Chronicles.
...continue reading "Isaiah 37"