In today's reading, we hear that the very priest who put Jeremiah in stocks and beat him was sent by the king to him, along with others. They were to ask Jeremiah's help to pray for a miracle. And God makes it ever so clear that no miracle of deliverance will be given. Jeremiah repeatedly tells the king what he needs to do, but Zedekiah just can't manage to do it. The area of giving justice is especially prominent in today's reading.
The ending psalms just keep getting more and more exuberant in praise!
Paul drops the bombshell in today's reading. Here is another unfortunate chapter break, because if you start at chapter 5, it seems that Paul is unloving and judgmental. But he doesn't seem that way if you read this in the context of chapter 4.
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