1 Kings 5–9: The Temple & Its Dedication
“But will God truly dwell on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You;
how much less this house which I have built!”
Truth For The Heart
“But will God truly dwell on the earth?
Behold, heaven and the highest heaven cannot contain You;
how much less this house which I have built!”
Then the city was breached…
Read MoreYahweh has spoken to you,
O remnant of Judah,
“Do not go into Egypt!”
Now it happened, as soon as Moses came near the camp, that he saw the calf and the dancing; and Moses’ anger burned, and he threw the tablets from his hands and shattered them at the foot of the mountain.
Read MoreAnd 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.
“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?’”
Read More“Bring your necks under the yoke of the king of Babylon and serve him and his people, and live!”
Read MoreThen the Lord said to me,
“What do you see, Jeremiah?” And I said,
“Figs, the good figs, very good; and the bad figs,
very bad, which cannot be eaten due to rottenness.”
““Just so will I break this people and this city, even as one breaks a potter’s vessel, which cannot again be repaired.”
Read More“And Yahweh will pass through to smite the Egyptians; and He will see the blood on the lintel and on the two doorposts, and Yahweh will pass over the doorway and will not allow the destroyer to come into your houses to smite you.”
Read More“Thus says Yahweh,
‘Just so will I ruin the pride of Judah
and the great pride of Jerusalem.’”