*Day 211/365 (July 30) PORTIONS TO READ*:
*The sign of the ox yoke*
Jeremiah's questions and God's answer - Jeremiah 12:1-6
The Lord's sorrow - Jer.12:7-13
*(Babylon: the world power 612-539 BC)*
His promise - Jer.12:14-17
Josiah slain - 2 Kings 23:28-30, 2 Chronicles 35:20-24
Lamentation for Josiah - 2 Chr.35:25-27
Jehoahaz's evil life - 2 Kin.23:31-32, 2 Chr.36:1-2
Judah pays tribute - 2 Kin.23:33, 2 Chr.36:3
Jehoahaz's death - 2 Kin.23:34, Jer.22:10-12
Jehoiakim made king - 2 Kin.23:36-37, 35, 2 Chr.36:5
The sign of the yoke - Jer.27:1-11
Jeremiah in the temple court - Jer.26:1-7
*A thought*:
Jeremiah's sign of the ox alerted the people to the fact that soon they would become subservient to the king of Babylon. He urges them to submit with meekness to this hard and humbling turn of providence in the sure knowledge that, in the lives of His people, God only allows what He can use.
*Week #31 Memory Verse*:(We're starting a new week)
1 Corinthians 10:11 tells us why all these things happened. Check it out by yourself.
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