Passages to read this week:

• Aug 20 Habakkuk 1‐3
• Aug 21 Jeremiah 41‐45
• Aug 22 Jeremiah 46‐48
• Aug 23 Jeremiah 49‐50
• Aug 24 Jeremiah 51‐52
• Aug 25 Lamentations 1:1‐3:36
• Aug 26 Lamentations 3:37‐5:22

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Brief overview of the passages for this week:

Habakkuk

• Habakkuk has two questions for God
  • Why hasn’t God punished the people of Judah for their wickedness?
  • Why would God let the wicked Babylonians have victory over Judah?
• Habakkuk praised God.

Jeremiah

• Gedaliah, the governor of Judah who was appointed by King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, was murdered by Ishmael, a member of the royal family. Johanan and other guerrilla leaders disapproved and stopped Ishmael from further conquests.
• The people with Johanan flee to Egypt ignoring Jeremiah’s message to them from God.
• God gives messages of warning for Jeremiah to give to Egypt, Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Kedar, Hazor, Elam, and Babylon.
• God gives Jeremiah messages of hope to give to Israel and Judah.

Lamentations

Words of sorrow over the fall of Jerusalem, the book of Lamentations was probably written by Jeremiah.

 The above image comes from an illustrated overview of the Old Testament as found at this link: http://www.freebibleimages.org/illustrations/ten-minute-ot-2/