Old Testament: Jer 39.1–3

To read the Bible in a year, read Jeremiah 38–39 on November 4, In the year of our Lord Christ 2025

By Don Ruhl 

Jeremiah had told the king of Judah and all of Judah and Jerusalem, that if they did not surrender to the king of Babylon, they would suffer immensely and the city would fall. Then it happened just as the prophet had said: 

In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and besieged it. In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, the city was penetrated. Then all the princes of the king of Babylon came in and sat in the Middle Gate: Nergal-Sharezer, Samgar-Nebo, Sarsechim, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sarezer, Rabmag, with the rest of the princes of the king of Babylon.

– Jeremiah 39.1–3 

The Lord does make empty threats, but does precisely what he promises for bad or good. 

Questions from today’s reading and devotional: 

• At what time of day did the king of Judah escape? 
• What was the last thing that Zedekiah saw before the king of Babylon put out his eyes? 

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Don preaches with the Savage Street Church of Christ in Grants Pass, Oregon. 

Listen to his sermons here: GrantsPassChurchOfChrist.com