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Daniel 2:13

10/13/2026

So the decrees were issued to put the wise men to death, and men were sent to look for Daniel and his friends to put them to eeath.

The rashness of King Nebuchadnezzar’s decree is extraordinary. Daniel was one of the wise men, and he did not even know about the decree until men came to take him away to death. But this does provide a turning point in the story. Daniel presents himself to Nebuchadnezzar as the man with the answer, and he puts himself in God’s hands, dependent on God Himself for deliverance. It is clear to everyone that the command of the King is impossible for any man to perform. The only possible success must come from intervention by God into the heart and mind of Daniel. History will go on to reveal many cases where deliverance and success depend utterly and entirely upon Jesus.

Ezekiel 2:6

10/12/2026

And you, son of man, do not be afraid of them or their words. Do not be afraid though briers and thorns are all around you and you live among scorpions. Do not be afraid of what they say or be terrified by them, though they are a rebellious house.

Ezekiel is living in Babylon as a captive, called of God to preach to fellow captives, appealing to them to abandon the idolatry that has brought them to that place and to return to God. Just as this generation of Israelites had refused to listen to Jeremiah, they would refuse Ezekiel’s ministry, and he must commit himself to preach boldly and faithfully, that they might hear from Heaven and repent. It is hard not to be afraid of your listening audience and to feel that it matters how they respond. “ Ezekiel! The One who helps you is Jesus.

Lamentations 2:12

10/11/2026

They say to their mothers, "Where is bread and wine?", as they faint like wounded men in the streets of the city, as their lives ebb away in their mother's arms.

Jeremiah had spent his decades-long ministry warning the people of Jerusalem of the disaster that awaited them as they continued in rebellion to God and commitment to idolatry. Far from self-righteous rebuke, we find him offer tears of grief and compassion, as he sees the terrible suffering that the people’s rebellion had brought on. He is known as the “weeping prophet”, and weep he did, in earnest longing for their repentance, and in terrible grief over their punishment. He writes vivid pictures of the people’s anguish and grief. Here are the children suffering want and perplexity. We see everywhere suffering because of sin. We remember that God did not want us to perish, so He sent Jesus.

Jeremiah 2:15

10/10/2026

Lions have roared; they have growled at him, They have laid waste his land; his towns are burned and deserted.

Jeremiah’s prophecy jumps ahead to the terrible judgment that God will bring upon Judah when He brings against them the armies that will take them captive to Babylon. Laced into everything revealed are appeals for repentance and return to God, with terrible warning of what will come if there is no repentance. During the unfolding of the events that Jeremiah threatens appeals to seek mercy at the hand of God are interlaced. God’s heart cries out to them, but they continually harden their hearts and will none of His mercy. Jeremiah is known as the weeping prophet. From this point in the book we sense an increasing inevitability of terrible judgment, and we hear faithful and earnest appeals that they embrace the mercy God is offering in Jesus.

Isaiah 2:3

10/9/2026

Many peoples will come and say, "Come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob. He will teach us His ways so that we may walk in His paths." The law will go out from Zion, the word of the Lord vrom Jerusalem.

Key themes come like momentary projections on the screen of Isaiah’s revelation. The suffering servant and the King on His throne are others of this kind, as the book unfolds before us. The New Testament tells us that at the Name of Jesus every knee will bow and every tongue confess that Jesus is Lord, to the glory of the Father. This is one of the themes presented in this glorious book, and here is one of Isaiah’s vivid pictures. What has frequently referred to as the Gospel according to Isaiah wonderfully shows us Jesus.

Song of Songs 2:17

10/8/2026

Until the day break and the shadows flee, turn, my love and be like a gazelle or like a young stag on the rugged hills.

This connects with the previous verse to show the young man alone for the night, but there is a longing as the day breaks for him, with all graceful and glorious energy to leap obstacles to come back to her. The next night she would venture out to look for him putting herself in danger and asking help from the night watchmen. Then she will come upon him and rejoice. Our verse for today expresses the longing she feels and the deep desire that he come to her. She is desolate without the company of him whom her soul loves. Like a deer pants after the water brooks, our souls long for our Savior and we seek for fellowship with Jesus.

Ecclesiastes 2:16

10/7/2026

For the wise man, like the fool will not be long remembered; in days to come he will be forgotten. like the fool, the wise man must die.

Solomon is battling through the issues of life and death. He will try very hard to make sense of life without having to deal with God at all. “Under the sun” is the phrase he uses to consider the world and everything in it without bringing into consideration eternity. He is troubled by the end of life because in many cases he observes it does not make sense. People die at the wrong time, and without reference to whether their lives are valuable or worthless. Cynicism and bitterness often seems like the only reasonable response. He does not want to settle there, but it is a struggle because he does not take into account the person and work of Jesus.

Proverbs 2:1

10/6/2026

MY SON, IF YOU ACCEPT MY WORDS AND STORE UP MY COMMANDS WITHIN YOU,...

Take seriously the word of God for what it is, think about it and determine to remember what you have thought about and great blessing will be yours. Solomon goes on to emphasize the diligence in which we should approach our study and the persistence with which we should pursue our study. He will go on to tell us that understanding of what God has revealed and a genuine relationship with him will be the result. When a person is born-again by the Spirit of God, he is given a heart that desires to do what Solomon challenges him to do here. What we receive by study is not what we are paid for the work we have done, but rather what happens to us when these goals have occupied our thoughts about Jesus.