Book of Jeremiah 37-40 So Jeremiah sunk in the mire

Jeremiah 37-40

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We finally get to the good stuff!!!
Egypt and the Chaldeans duke it out in Jerusalem.
Jeremiah runs away to Benjamin but is thrown in jail for being a pompous dick.  Again.

Is this a new prison term for Jeremiah or is this just Quentin Tarantino style of writing?

Jeremiah gets stuck in the mud and has to be pulled out by ropes!!!  LOL!
Is this what the OT has come to?  The hell and brimstone has devolved into cranky prophets stuck in the med.

Zedekiah asks for jeremiah to give it to him straight.  Jeremiah lays out the kings options

Jerusalem falls to Babylon after two years of battle.  Zedekiah flees with family but is caught.  The Chaldeans decimate Jerusalem.

39:4 And it came to pass, that when Zedekiah the king of Judah saw them, and all the men of war, then they fled, and went forth out of the city by night, by the way of the king's garden, by the gate betwixt the two walls: and he went out the way of the plain.
39:5 But the Chaldeans' army pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath, where he gave judgment upon him. 39:6 Then the king of Babylon slew the sons of Zedekiah in Riblah before his eyes: also the king of Babylon slew all the nobles of Judah.

Sounds exactly like Muammar Gaddafi and his family.  The more things change...

Busy with work.  Enjoy this Slow Loris.

Proverbs 5-8 Don't Talk to Strangers

Work has me pre-occupied right now.  Read on.

Proverb 5 has some interesting things to say about 'strange women'.  I like the writing here and think it has a nice, wholesome message about fidelity.  The author is obviously a breast man.

Proverb 6 has a bit that I find interesting.

6:16 These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him:

6:17 A proud look, a lying tongue, and hands that shed innocent blood,

I'll chalk up verse 16 to flowery writing but it smacks of Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Verse 17 lists the shedding of innocent blood as something that the LORD dislikes.  But, if every man is a sinner and no one is innocent, there can be no innocent blood.  Just sayin'.

6:28 Can one go upon hot coals, and his feet not be burned?  The answer of course is yes.

Verse 7 warns us to be wary of wonton women.  As Billy Joel sang, "I'd rather laugh with the sinners then cry with the saints".

Verse 8 is another one of those oddities that drifts between first and third person narrative.  An odd style.

Book of Psalms 33-43

Psalms 33-43

Busy with work.

Judges 4-6

Judges 4-6

Jammed at work this weekend.   Enjoy the continuing adventures of our hearty adventures!

Not Dead Yet

I just wanted to check in to let you know this blog is still moving forward.
I've been traveling for work and, besides being very busy, the hotel had horrible Internet access.
I'll be catching up on posting tonight.
Thank you to the people who have emailed me to check up!

Leviticus 16-18

Leviticus 16-18

"Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in"

I'm in a new city this week but work is the same old grind.   I hope I'll have some free time tonight or tomorrow to catch up.

In the mean time, read the comments, the commenters are knocking it out of the park.  :-)

Leviticus 11-13 These are the Beasts That You Shall Eat

Leviticus 11-13

Back home for 24 hours.  Doing laundry.

Hopefully I'll be able to post more this weekend.