October 18, 2026, Jeremiah 52:1-11
October 18, 2026, Jeremiah 52:1-11
The Fall
of Jerusalem Recounted
52 Zedekiah was twenty-one years old when he became king, and
he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Hamutal the
daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah. 2 And he did what
was evil in the sight of the Lord, according
to all that Jehoiakim had done. 3 For because of
the anger of the Lord it
came to the point in Jerusalem and Judah that he cast them out from his
presence.
And Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. 4 And
in the ninth year of his reign, in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the
month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with all his army against Jerusalem,
and laid siege to it. And they built siegeworks all around it. 5 So
the city was besieged till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. 6 On
the ninth day of the fourth month the famine was so severe in the city that
there was no food for the people of the land. 7 Then
a breach was made in the city, and all the men of war fled and went out from
the city by night by the way of a gate between the two walls, by the king's
garden, and the Chaldeans were around the city. And they went in the direction
of the Arabah. 8 But the army of the Chaldeans
pursued the king and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho, and all his
army was scattered from him. 9 Then they captured
the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of
Hamath, and he passed sentence on him. 10 The king
of Babylon slaughtered the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes, and also
slaughtered all the officials of Judah at Riblah. 11 He
put out the eyes of Zedekiah, and bound him in chains, and the king of Babylon
took him to Babylon, and put him in prison till the day of his death.
How might Zedekiah’s life been different if he had heeded
God’s word? How about your life? How about my life? God has a plan. We are
called to live according to the will of God. May we remember that daily.
Debbie Walker
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