September 30, 2026, Jeremiah 45:1-5 45  The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:  2  “Thus says the  Lord , the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:  3  You said, ‘Woe is me! For the  Lord  has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.’  4  Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the  Lord : Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land.  5  And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold, I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the  Lord . But I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.” Do you ever grow weary in doing good? Go to God and ask for rest. He...

September 29, 2026, Jeremiah 44:1-30 44  The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the Judeans who lived in the land of Egypt, at Migdol, at Tahpanhes, at Memphis, and in the land of Pathros,  2  “Thus says the  Lord  of hosts, the God of Israel: You have seen all the disaster that I brought upon Jerusalem and upon all the cities of Judah. Behold, this day they are a desolation, and no one dwells in them,  3  because of the evil that they committed, provoking me to anger, in that they went to make offerings and serve other gods that they knew not, neither they, nor you, nor your fathers.  4  Yet I persistently sent to you all my servants the prophets, saying, ‘Oh, do not do this abomination that I hate!’  5  But they did not listen or incline their ear, to turn from their evil and make no offerings to other gods.  6  Therefore my wrath and my anger were poured out and kindled i...

September 28, 2026, Jeremiah 43:1-13 43  When Jeremiah finished speaking to all the people all these words of the  Lord  their God, with which the  Lord  their God had sent him to them,  2  Azariah the son of Hoshaiah and Johanan the son of Kareah and all the insolent men said to Jeremiah, “You are telling a lie. The  Lord  our God did not send you to say, ‘Do not go to Egypt to live there,’  3  but Baruch the son of Neriah has set you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may kill us or take us into exile in Babylon.”  4  So Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces and all the people did not obey the voice of the  Lord , to remain in the land of Judah.  5  But Johanan the son of Kareah and all the commanders of the forces took all the remnant of Judah who had returned to live in the land of Judah from all...

September 27, 2026, Jeremiah 42:1-22 42  Then all the commanders of the forces, and Johanan the son of Kareah and Jezaniah the son of Hoshaiah, and all the people from the least to the greatest, came near  2  and said to Jeremiah the prophet, “Let our plea for mercy come before you, and pray to the  Lord  your God for us, for all this remnant—because we are left with but a few, as your eyes see us—  3  that the  Lord  your God may show us the way we should go, and the thing that we should do.”  4  Jeremiah the prophet said to them, “I have heard you. Behold, I will pray to the  Lord  your God according to your request, and whatever the  Lord  answers you I will tell you. I will keep nothing back from you.”  5  Then they said to Jeremiah, “May the  Lord  be a true and faithful witness against us if we do not act according to all...

September 26, 2026, Jeremiah 41:1-18 41  In the seventh month, Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family, one of the chief officers of the king, came with ten men to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, at Mizpah. As they ate bread together there at Mizpah,  2  Ishmael the son of Nethaniah and the ten men with him rose up and struck down Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, with the sword, and killed him, whom the king of Babylon had appointed governor in the land.  3  Ishmael also struck down all the Judeans who were with Gedaliah at Mizpah, and the Chaldean soldiers who happened to be there. 4  On the day after the murder of Gedaliah, before anyone knew of it,  5  eighty men arrived from Shechem and Shiloh and Samaria, with their beards shaved and their clothes torn, and their bodies gashed, bringing grain offerings and incense to present at the temple of the ...

September 25, 2026, Jeremiah 40:1-16 40  The word that came to Jeremiah from the  Lord  after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he took him bound in chains along with all the captives of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.  2  The captain of the guard took Jeremiah and said to him, “The  Lord  your God pronounced this disaster against this place.  3  The  Lord  has brought it about, and has done as he said. Because you sinned against the  Lord  and did not obey his voice, this thing has come upon you.  4  Now, behold, I release you today from the chains on your hands. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you well, but if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, do not come. See, the whole land is before you; go wherever you think it good and right to go.  5  ...

September 24, 2026, Jeremiah 39:11-18 11  Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave command concerning Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan, the captain of the guard, saying,  12  “Take him, look after him well, and do him no harm, but deal with him as he tells you.”  13  So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, and all the chief officers of the king of Babylon  14  sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he lived among the people. 15  The word of the  Lord  came to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the guard:  16  “Go, and say to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, ‘Thus says the  Lord  of hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will fulfill my words against this city for harm and not for good, and they shall ...

September 23, 2026, Jeremiah 39:1-10 39  In the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem and besieged it.  2  In the eleventh year of Zedekiah, in the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, a breach was made in the city.  3  Then all the officials of the king of Babylon came and sat in the middle gate: Nergal-sar-ezer of Samgar, Nebu-sar-sekim the Rab-saris, Nergal-sar-ezer the Rab-mag, with all the rest of the officers of the king of Babylon.  4  When Zedekiah king of Judah and all the soldiers saw them, they fled, going out of the city at night by way of the king's garden through the gate between the two walls; and they went toward the Arabah.  5  But the army of the Chaldeans pursued them and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho. And when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, at...

September 22, 2026, Jeremiah 38:14-28 14  King Zedekiah sent for Jeremiah the prophet and received him at the third entrance of the temple of the  Lord . The king said to Jeremiah, “I will ask you a question; hide nothing from me.”  15  Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “If I tell you, will you not surely put me to death? And if I give you counsel, you will not listen to me.”  16  Then King Zedekiah swore secretly to Jeremiah, “As the  Lord  lives, who made our souls, I will not put you to death or deliver you into the hand of these men who seek your life.” 17  Then Jeremiah said to Zedekiah, “Thus says the  Lord , the God of hosts, the God of Israel: If you will surrender to the officials of the king of Babylon, then your life shall be spared, and this city shall not be burned with fire, and you and your house shall live.  18  But if you do not surrender to the officials of the king of Baby...

September 21, 2026, Jeremiah 38:7-13 7  When Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, a eunuch who was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah into the cistern—the king was sitting in the Benjamin Gate—  8  Ebed-melech went from the king's house and said to the king,  9  “My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they did to Jeremiah the prophet by casting him into the cistern, and he will die there of hunger, for there is no bread left in the city.”  10  Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, “Take thirty men with you from here, and lift Jeremiah the prophet out of the cistern before he dies.”  11  So Ebed-melech took the men with him and went to the house of the king, to a wardrobe in the storehouse, and took from there old rags and worn-out clothes, which he let down to Jeremiah in the cistern by ropes.  12  Then Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said to Jeremia...

September 20, 2026, Jeremiah 38:1-6 38  Now Shephatiah the son of Mattan, Gedaliah the son of Pashhur, Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashhur the son of Malchiah heard the words that Jeremiah was saying to all the people:  2  “Thus says the  Lord : He who stays in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence, but he who goes out to the Chaldeans shall live. He shall have his life as a prize of war, and live.  3  Thus says the  Lord : This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon and be taken.”  4  Then the officials said to the king, “Let this man be put to death, for he is weakening the hands of the soldiers who are left in this city, and the hands of all the people, by speaking such words to them. For this man is not seeking the welfare of this people, but their harm.”  5  King Zedekiah said, “Behold, he is in your hands, for the k...

September 19, 2026, Jeremiah 37:11-21 11  Now when the Chaldean army had withdrawn from Jerusalem at the approach of Pharaoh's army,  12  Jeremiah set out from Jerusalem to go to the land of Benjamin to receive his portion there among the people.  13  When he was at the Benjamin Gate, a sentry there named Irijah the son of Shelemiah, son of Hananiah, seized Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “You are deserting to the Chaldeans.”  14  And Jeremiah said, “It is a lie; I am not deserting to the Chaldeans.” But Irijah would not listen to him, and seized Jeremiah and brought him to the officials.  15  And the officials were enraged at Jeremiah, and they beat him and imprisoned him in the house of Jonathan the secretary, for it had been made a prison. 16  When Jeremiah had come to the dungeon cells and remained there many days,  17  King Zedekiah sent for him and received him. The king ques...

September 18, 2026, Jeremiah 37:1-10 37  Zedekiah the son of Josiah, whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim.  2  But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the  Lord  that he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet. 3  King Zedekiah sent Jehucal the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah the priest, the son of Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Please pray for us to the  Lord  our God.”  4  Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, for he had not yet been put in prison.  5  The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt. And when the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news about them, they withdrew from Jerusalem. 6  Then the word of the  Lord  came to Jeremiah the prophet:  7  “Thus says the  Lord , God of Isr...

September 17, 2026, Jeremiah 36:1-32 36  In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the  Lord :  2  “Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today.  3  It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster that I intend to do to them, so that every one may turn from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.” 4  Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the  Lord  that he had spoken to him.  5  And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, “I am banned from going to the house of the  Lord ,  6  so you are to go, and on a day of fasting in the hearing of all the p...