I’ve been reading the Book of Jeremiah for weeks now. Unfortunately my goal didn’t materialize — it was to reach the Book of Daniel before June ends, but then, there were problems, but now I’m back on track.
carried away from homeland...
Sometime before I had reached Jeremiah, I was excited to reach chapter 29, because my favorite verse can be found there – from verse 11 up to 14a. The whole chapter is actually a letter of God to the remaining captives carried away by King Nebuchadnezzar from Jerusalem to Babylon. Verses 5-7 tell of how God wanted the Israelites to build houses and dwell in that foreign place, to have a family of their own, and to seek the peace of the land through asking God for it. Then here comes verse 11:
“For I know the thoughts that I think toward you, says the LORD, thoughts of peace and not of evil, to give you a future and a hope.” Continue reading →