Jeremiah 38:28
“Jeremiah lived in the courtyard of the palace guards until the day that Jerusalem was captured.”
“Jeremiah lived in the courtyard of the palace guards until the day that Jerusalem was captured.
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Chapter 38, verses 11-28, continues with Jeremiah’s view of the political intrigue in Jerusalem until it fell. King Zedekiah called for Jermiah and questioned him again. At the king’s request Jeremiah held nothing back, giving the king an account of how this would end for him personally; his wives and children enslaved and given to the Babylonian generals. This supremely vacillating king promises to not to kill Jeremaih, and this time, sticks to it. God provides that Jeremiah lives in the courtyard of the guard, where there is food, until the last. Perhaps Jeremiah thought the fall of the city would be the end for him. But God wasn’t done with him.
Lord, give me the same grace and strength you gave to Jeremiah, allowing him to endure this extreme trial. Forgive my fretting about minor temporal inconveniences. Put them in perspective. Grow me in faith to live whatever you have planned for me. You are my good shepherd. Help me to faithfully follow you.