Psalms 119:27 Make me to understand the way of Your Commandments, and I will speak of Your wonderful works.
Bible Reading for October 5 (ONPP)
Jeremiah 44 – 46, Psalms 88
Jeremiah 44:2 – Because King Zedekiah would not surrender to the Babylonians when they came to invade, Jerusalem is in lifeless and in ruins
Jeremiah 44:7 – These people are going to exile themselves from God and the land, with none of them to remain for the posterity of Israel.
Jeremiah 44:16 – They asked for God’s guidance in vain. They were acting when they went to Jeremiah for God’s direction and it did not benefit them because they did not put God’s direction into their heart and lives.
Jeremiah 44:18 – These people have found a new god to worship, not the Father but a queen. They traded the Creator, Protector, Savior, and Sustainer for an idol with no power because of their pride of their own “knowledge”.
Jeremiah 44:20 – Jeremiah makes no reference to a god or queen here because he knows their burning of incense is only for their self because they put themselves before God and make of themselves false gods.
Jeremiah 44:28 – God takes His time to finish His promise but He does here by giving a small remnant a chance to return to Judah.
Jeremiah 44:30 – Pharaoh–hophra – Herodotus calls him Apries (589 BC to 570 BC)
https://www.biblestudytools.com/dictionary/pharaoh–hophra/
Jeremiah 45:5 – Baruch was the faithful servant that brought God’s word through Jeremiah to the king and the people.
Jeremiah 46:28 – Our own sinfulness takes us away from God and toward those that are set for destruction. We must turn to Him if we want to live in His fellowship and not in His punishment.
Psalms 88 – Heman sounds totally depressed. His cry reminds me of Job after losing his herds and family, or Hannah praying for a child, or Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. Many other Psalms have this idea of being downtrodden and calling on God for assistance. We have these times in our lives when we forget God’s goodness and mercy. His propitiation for us is eternal and does not depend on the things of this world but His power and Glory.
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