Daniel’s plea to Nebuchadnezzar
Nebuchadnezzar’s dream about a tree and how it’s fulfilled a year later: Daniel 4 After delivering the bad news, Daniel pleaded …
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A progressive restoration of Israel
Ezekiel’s vision of the valley of dry bones, the restoration of Judah and Israel, and a message for Gog: Ezekiel 37–39 …
Bad shepherds vs the good shepherd
God sets Ezekiel as a watchman for Israel; Ezekiel prophesies over Egypt, Edom, and the ‘bad’ shepherds of Israel, then he …
More bad news for Tyre (and others)
Ezekiel is told of Jerusalem’s fall then he prophesies over Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia, Tyre, Sidon and Egypt: Ezekiel 33:21–33; Ezekiel 25–28 Rejoicing at …
Psalms of grief: enemies gloat
Psalms of grief and Edom’s unhappy future for her role in destroying Jerusalem: Psalm 74, 79, 94, 137; Obadiah It’s …
Flight to Tahpanhes or back to Goshen?
Gedaliah is assassinated, then the Judeans flee to Israel for fear of reprisals from Nebuchadnezzar, even though Jeremiah tells them not to. Jeremiah is …
Lamentations: bad for Israel, worse for Jesus
The book of Lamentations That’s a strange way to look at it: how could the total ruin of God’s beloved people and …
The end of a sad saga
The Temple is destroyed, Nebuchadnezzar installs Gedaliah as governor of Judah and instructs his captain to find Jeremiah and offer him safety …
Ezekiel sees Egypt’s future
Ezekiel prophesies against Egypt; Jerusalem falls and Zedekiah tries to escape but he’s captured, loses his eyes and is taken to Babylon: Ezekiel 30–31; 2 …
The fate of Tyre and Sidon
Joel’s prophecies of future calamity for Jerusalem and later restoration: Joel 1–3 When Jesus compared the people of Jerusalem to Tyre and Sidon, …
Two kings of Tyre: metaphorical and literal
Jeremiah says Jerusalem will fall; Ezekiel says Tyre, Sidon and Egypt will also fall, but Israel will be restored: Jeremiah 21; …
The others might gloat, but not forever
Israel’s future restoration: Jeremiah 32–33, 30–31 The Israelites had been able to avoid being totally destroyed because God wasn’t willing to give the …
Zedekiah’s choice
Zedekiah releases then ‘unreleases’ slaves; Babylon withdraws temporarily when Egypt appears; Jeremiah tries to leave Jerusalem, but is imprisoned as …
THIS (iron) cooking pot
Nebuchadnezzar starts his final invasion of Judah: 2 Kings 25:1–2; Jeremiah 52:3–5; Jeremiah 39:1; Ezekiel 24 So it wasn’t the iron …
Two things foresaken: life and a sign
Israel’s leaders ask Ezekiel for a word from God, and he says ‘No’; Judgement will come on Israel, described in …
It’s not ‘just politics’: even kings should keep an oath
Two eagles: Israel was to stay loyal to Babylon, rather than turning to Egypt; God’s righteous justice; a funeral song …
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