“I will sing of steadfast love and justice; to you, O LORD, I will make music” (Psalm 101:1 ESV). David understood something about God’s “love and justice.” He had learned both the loving mercy and the holy righteousness of God. He therefore determined to sing and make music to the Lord, worshiping Him in fullness
“So Jehoiachin put off his prison garments. And every day of his life he dined regularly at the king’s table” (Jeremiah 52:33 ESV). In the final verses of Jeremiah’s prophetic book of judgment on Judah and the surrounding nations, a glimmer of hope appears. Jehoiachin, the former king of Judah, who had been imprisoned by
“For the grace of God has appeared, bringing salvation for all people, training us to renounce ungodliness and worldly passions, and to live self-controlled, upright, and godly lives in the present age, waiting for our blessed hope, the appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:11-13 ESV). The apostle
“The word that the Lord spoke concerning Babylon, concerning the land of the Chaldeans, by Jeremiah the prophet… For out of the north a nation has come up against her, which shall make her land a desolation, and none shall dwell in it…” (Jeremiah 50:1-3 ESV). Written during a period when Babylon was at the
“Henceforth there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous judge, will award to me on that day, and not only to me but also to all who have loved his appearing” (2 Timothy 4:8 ESV). The apostle Paul wrote these words to Timothy from his imprisonment in Rome.
“All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, equipped for every good work” (2 Timothy 3:16-17 ESV). The apostle Paul wrote to Timothy to encourage him to persevere in the teaching that he and his
“And I have this day declared it to you, but you have not obeyed the voice of the Lord your God in anything that he sent me to tell you” (Jeremiah 42:21 ESV). The remnant that remained in Jerusalem after its fall to Babylon came to Jeremiah asking him to pray to God concerning their
“So teach us to number our days, that we may gain a heart of wisdom” (Psalm 90:12 NKJV). Psalm 90 bears the superscription, “A Prayer of Moses, the man of God.” It encourages the reader to be aware of the fleeting nature of life and to be determined not to waste it. This is not
“So they took Jeremiah and cast him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the court of the guard, letting Jeremiah down by ropes. And there was no water in the cistern, but only mud, and Jeremiah sank in the mud.” (Jeremiah 38:6 ESV). When the Judean officials heard Jeremiah preaching
“I will not violate my covenant or alter the word that went forth from my lips. Once for all I have sworn by my holiness; I will not lie to David. His offspring shall endure forever, his throne as long as the sun before me” (Psalm 89:34-36 ESV). In Psalm 89, the Lord spoke of