Tuesday 2021.08.31
This afternoon, from the OT, I finished reading Jeremiah chapters twenty-three through twenty-five. According to the introductory notes in my Bible, these first twenty-five chapters of Jeremiah records the prophecies of Jeremiah ben Hilkiah during the reigns of the last five kings of Judah, namely, Josiah ben Amon (31 yrs), Joahaz ben Josiah (3 months), Jehoiakim (Eliakim) ben Josiah (11 yrs), Jehoiachin ben Jehoiakim (3 mths), and Zedekiah (Mattaniah) ben Josiah (11 yrs).
Tomorrow, I will continue my OT reading with Jeremiah chapter twenty-six. The next twenty chapters, from Jeremiah 26:1 to 45:5, records various prophecies and important events in the life of the prophet Jeremiah ben Hilkiah. These records were taken from the memoirs of Baruch, Jeremiah's secretary.
A significant verse of prophecy in today's OT reading is found in Jeremiah 23:5, 6 about a righteous descendant of King David who is the chosen Messiah, who will rule uprightly and justly, who will carry the title, "Yehovah our salvation".
Jeremiah 23:5, 6 GNB
5 The LORD says, “The time is coming when I will choose as king a righteous descendant of David. That king will rule wisely and do what is right and just throughout the land.
6 When he is king, the people of Judah will be safe, and the people of Israel will live in peace. He will be called ‘The LORD Our Salvation’.
