2026-04-10 11:01 Ezekiel 4:16 "Moreover he said to me, 'Son of man, behold, I will break the staff of bread in Jerusalem; they shall eat bread by weight and drink water by measure and in dismay.'"   Jerusale...

2026-04-09 10:39 Judith 14:18 "The slaves have tricked us! One Hebrew woman has brought disgrace upon the house of King Nebuchadnezzar! For look, here is Holofernes lying on the ground, and his head is not on him!"  ...

2026-04-08 09:22 Sirach 43:4 "A man tending a furnace works in burning heat, but the sun burns the mountains three times as much; it breathes out fiery vapors, and with bright beams it blinds the eyes."   Sirach is ...

2026-04-06 10:07 Jeremiah 51:29 "The land trembles and writhes in pain, for the Lord's purposes against Babylon stand, to make the land of Babylon a desolation, without inhabitant."   God will always accomplish ...

2026-04-03 06:34 Isaiah 45:4 "For the sake of my servant Jacob, and Israel my chosen, I call you by your name, I surname you, though you do not know me."   God is speaking to Cyrus, the future (by about 140 years!) ...

2026-04-02 05:28 Isaiah 52:2 "Shake yourself from the dust, arise, O captive Jerusalem; loose the bonds from your neck, O captive daughter of Zion."   This is a fitting verse for Holy Thursday, since Jesus is about ...

2026-04-01 09:03 Genesis 23:20 "The field and the cave that is in it were made over to Abraham as a possession for a burying place by the Hittites." (A real estate deal, right up my alley!)   Abraham wanted to bury ...

2026-03-31 05:39 Amos 6:8 "The Lord God has sworn by himself (says the Lord, the God of hosts): 'I abhor the pride of Jacob, and hate his strongholds; and I will deliver up the city and all that is in it."   I l...

2026-03-30 09:21 1 Timothy 6:1 "Let all who are under the yoke of slavery regard their masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be defamed."   I blogged about this before in I...

2026-03-28 10:35 John 20:8 "Then the other disciple, who reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed."   John waited to allow Peter to go into Jesus' tomb ahead of him, but he had arrived first...