Today, I am reading and commenting on  Jeremiah 39-41.

At the end of yesterday’s passage, Jeremiah warned King Zedekiah, in a private meeting, that if he surrendered to Babylon, all would go well with him and that Jerusalem would not be burned, but that if he did not surrender, he would still fall into the hands of the Babylonians and Jerusalem would be burned.  Zedekiah refused to heed Jeremiah’s warning, being more afraid of his fellow Jews than of God.  As a result, Zedekiah saw all of his sons killed by the Babylonians before having his eyes put out and being taken to Babylon blind.  So, do we fear God more than we fear man?  Or, do we, like King Zedekiah, fear man more than God?  Today’s passage gives us due warning about the dangers of doing the latter.

I use the daily Bible reading schedule from “The Bible.net” for my daily Bible reading.