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Weekly Guide：2022-2023 Week 86
August 27, 2023
2022-2023 Week 86 Day 1: Destroy and Avenge ⇧ ⇩
Question
How did the Lord avenge against Babylon for Israel?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The Lord would bring devastation to Babylon to avenge her abuse of the Israelites.
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The Lord would stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai.
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Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the Lord Almighty. Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives!
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The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because His purpose is to destroy Babylon.
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The Lord would dry up Babylon’s sea and make her springs dry. Babylon would be a heap of ruins, a place where no one lives.
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Jeremiah had written on a scroll about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon. He asked Seraiah to read all these words aloud.
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When finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.
Meditation: My Story
- Integrity - What was written about Babylon’s prosperity and standing in this chapter? But, Babylon fell to disgrace because she did not put a leash on her desires. How am I putting to proper use of the gift and privilege from God?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
2022-2023 Week 86 Day 2: Siege then Capture ⇧ ⇩
Question
How was Jerusalem captured?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Zedekiah became king and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
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King of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. They encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. The whole army fled the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.
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The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah. Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
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Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem. He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the important buildings.
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The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord. The commander of the imperial guard took away all that were made of pure gold or silver.
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The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers. The king of Babylon had them executed.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - Had Zedekiah reasons or just himself to blame for his miserable end? Are other people, fate, or God responsible for how my life is?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
2022-2023 Week 86 Day 3: No One Comforts ⇧ ⇩
Question
How did Jerusalem describe her own pain?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Jeremiah laments the capturing of the people of Zion. How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
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Jerusalem describes the insufferable pain was inflicted on her, that the Lord brought on her in the day of His fierce anger.
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Jerusalem admitted that the Lord is righteous, yet she rebelled against His command.
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Jerusalem pleaded to the Lord to see that there’s no one to comfort her in her distress.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - Zion laments that her pain was the result of righteous judgment from the Lord. Does the suffering in the world today come from God’s judgment? What’s the source of suffering? How should I face suffering?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
2022-2023 Week 86 Day 4: Anger and Fury ⇧ ⇩
Question
How did Jerusalem experience the anger and fury of God’s judgment?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Jerusalem tells of God’s fury in His judgment of the city and her people, He has shown no mercy to all.
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Jerusalem’s prophets did not point out her sins, but said so many foolish things, false to the core, to put her into slavery.
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Jerusalem’s enemies derided her and rejoiced over her suffering.
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Lift up your hands and cry to your God, pour out your hearts like water to the Lord.
Meditation: My Story
- Walking with God - Facing the consequences of sins, the prophet called upon the people to repent and cry out to God. What shall I do when I suffer in sins?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
2022-2023 Week 86 Day 5: Suffering Without Hope ⇧ ⇩
Question
Where to find hope in suffering?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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Jerusalem tells of her suffering as if she was in a dead end without hope.
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She found a ray of hope when thought of the Lord’s endless compassion.
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It is good to both hope and wait quietly for the salvation of the Lord, examine ourselves, repent and turn again to the Lord, and lift our hearts and hands to him in heaven.
Meditation: My Story
- Walking with God - One would find a ray of hope in suffering just by changing one’s direction. I may find myself falling into a dead end of suffering. How shall I face that situation and find the heavenly hope?
Prayer
Notes and Responses
2022-2023 Week 86 Day 6: The Luster Lost ⇧ ⇩
Question
What change did Jerusalem experience?
Scripture Reading
Meditation: God’s Story
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The dignified people of Jerusalem became obscure, the loved became despised, the master became slave, and the merciful became cruel all because of the suffering.
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The people of Jerusalem looked for their allies to save them in vain. Their king, the Lord’s anointed, whom they relied on was captured and unable to save himself.
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But the Lord’s salvation would come, those who oppress His people would be punished.
Meditation: My Story
- Identity - It was a great challenge to Jerusalem’s identity for what she had experienced. Even though, she held firm believe that by God, the “exile for her sins will end at last.” Where did that faith come from? How does it remind me and help me face the environment and the ever-changing circumstances I’m in?