Proverbs 5–6: Honey & Wormwood

June 22, 2023.Reading time 6 minutes.

For the lips of a strange woman drip honey
And smoother than oil is her speech;
But her end is bitter as wormwood,
Sharp as a two‑edged sword.

1 Kings 14–18: Elijah & Israel

June 20, 2023.Reading time 9 minutes.

Then the fire of Yahweh fell and consumed the burnt offering and the wood and the stones and the dust, and licked up the water that was in the trench.

Ezekiel 1–6: Prophet & Watchman

June 16, 2023.Reading time 13 minutes.

“Son of man, I have given you as a watchman to the house of Israel;
so you will hear a word from My mouth, and you shall warn them from Me.”

Lamentations: Desolation & Hope

June 9, 2023.Reading time 20 minutes.

This I will return to my heart;
Therefore I will wait in hope.
The lovingkindnesses of Yahweh indeed never cease,
For His compassions never fail.
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.

Jeremiah 47–52: Judgment & Exile

June 2, 2023.Reading time 9 minutes.

Then the city was breached…

Jeremiah 42–46: Defiance & Destruction

May 26, 2023.Reading time 11 minutes.

Yahweh has spoken to you,
O remnant of Judah,
“Do not go into Egypt!”

Jeremiah 37–41: Denial & Destruction

May 19, 2023.Reading time 7 minutes.

And as for the rest of the people
who remained in the city…
Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard
took them away into exile in Babylon.

Psalms 57–59: My Refuge & My Strength

May 17, 2023.Reading time 10 minutes.

My soul is among lions.

Jeremiah 32–36: Disaster & Restoration

May 12, 2023.Reading time 13 minutes.

“You have burned this scroll, saying, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and make this land a ruin and will make man and beast to cease from it?’”