Jeremiah 46-47 | 2 Kings 24:1-4, 7 | 2 Chronicles 36:6-7 | Jeremiah 25, 35

Please note, this entry was originally scheduled for August 7.

The Lord speaks through Jeremiah of the destruction of the Egyptian army that is led by Pharaoh Necho, which happened in 605 BC when Nebuchadnezzar defeated them at Carchemish.  He also prophesies of the destruction of the Philistines in Jeremiah 47, which was accomplished by Pharaoah Necho on his march from Egypt to Babylon, along the coasts of Judah.

In Jeremiah 25 the Lord speaks through the prophet around the same time that Nebuchadnezzar defeated Pharaoh Necho, prophesying that Nebuchadnezzar was going to eventually come up against Judah, destroy the city and many people, and take the remainder of the people as slaves back to Babylon.  Jeremiah also wrote that this Babylonian captivity would last for 70 years, and then God would judge Babylon and return His people to Jerusalem and the land of Israel.  It is this prophecy of Jeremiah that Daniel will read at the end of the 70 years of captivity (Daniel 9), and pray that the Lord bring it to pass.  In Jeremiah 25 the Lord shifts His focus in the latter half of this chapter, speaking of His plans to judge all the nations of the world that have come against His people, speaking of the time when Jesus will come to judge the earth at the end of the great tribulation.

In Jeremiah 35 the Lord commands Jeremiah to call the family of the Rechabites, and sets them up as an example of the type of behavior that He was looking for by the rest of His people in Judah.  For generations the Rechabites had obeyed the orders of their forefather Jonadab, yet the majority of people in Judah refused to obey the commands of God.  The Lord blesses the Rechabites, and again calls for Judah and the leaders to turn to Him in repentance, before He brings about their destruction.