The prophet Habakkuk cries out to God, frustrated by what he sees, and it seems antithetical to who He knows God to be. Habakkuk 1:1-4 How long, O Lord, must I call for help, but you do not listen? Or cry out to you, “Violence!” but you do not...
We see this with Israel and specifically Judah. 2 Chronicles 36:15–16 The Lord, the God of their fathers, sent word to them through his messengers again and again, because he had pity on his people and on his dwelling place. 16 But they mocked God’s messengers,...
Reading the last days of Jerusalem during its capture and destruction, even the very temple of God was destroyed. 2 Chronicles 36:21 The land enjoyed its sabbath rests; all the time of its desolation it rested, until the seventy years were completed in fulfillment of...
Jerusalem was under constant attack by Babylon. And king Zedekiah had some choices to make. His court and council had told him one thing, yet the prophet Jeremiah had been telling him another. The king privately asks Jeremiah again what God say I should do. Jeremiah...
Jeremiah was put in a very pressured place. God had given him an unpopular message. Many wanted to kill him, and the king had him imprisoned in the courtyard. God told him to buy his cousin’s property and put the deed in a jar for long keeping. Yet, the city was...
King Josiah’s son decided to build a bigger palace. He was going to show off his greatness. This is what God had to say: Jeremiah 22:15-17 Does it make you a king to have more and more cedar? Did not your father have food and drink? He did what was...
