The descendants return.
...continue reading "Ezra 2–3"Category: Psalm
Daniel 2
The Dream Team (Sorry, I couldn't help myself.)
...continue reading "Daniel 2"Ezekiel 17
The very powerful parable of the two eagles. Choose wisely.
...continue reading "Ezekiel 17"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"