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Week 21. Day 3. Jeremiah 39-45.

Jer 39-45 Jerusalem’s destruction and its aftermath

Ch 39 Fall of Jerusalem (longest account of this in OT). This is the vindication of Jeremiah’s prophecies of judgment, showing that he spoke the truth.

Ch 40-45 Aftermath of the fall of Jerusalem

These chapters can be hard to understand if we don’t know the history. Even though most of Jerusalem has been taken into exile in Babylon, some people remained, and continued to resist the Babylonians. They murder Gedaliah, the governor the Babylonians appointed (Ch 41). Then, fearing the Babylonian reprisal, they seek refuge in Egypt, despite God’s telling them not to (Ch 42) and they drag Jeremiah with them (Ch 43). This is a sort of reverse Exodus, showing the stubborn and rebellious hearts of the people.

NOTE: Days 1-5 of each week contain the scripture reading for that week. Day 6 has just the 'key chapters'. If you want a briefer version of this plan that still takes you through the whole Bible, you could just read the key chapters featured on day 6. Day 7 has the podcast video where we discuss the week's reading.