Digging Deeper Daily: By Daily Bible Reading PodcastSample

JEREMIAH 1-2:
The book of Jeremiah was written between 627 and 580 BC, and it is the longest book in the Old Testament. Jeremiah is often called the weeping prophet, and his other book is Lamentations. It is possible that he is the son of the high priest Hilkiah who brought the book of the Law to the attention of king Josiah. Having just heard in 2 Kings an overview of what happened during the last days of the kingdom of Judah, we now will hear the poems and sermons of a sensitive man living through it all. Mears says, “No other prophet bares his soul to his readers as does Jeremiah. Although Jeremiah announced the coming destruction of Judah, he looked beyond this judgment to a day when everyone would know the Lord personally through the forgiveness of his or her sins (Jer. 31-34). This new kind of relationship with the Lord would be part of the “new covenant” the Lord would establish with his people (Jer. 31:31).”

PSALM 138:
This is the first of a series of eight psalms where the psalmist speaks in the first person singular. This psalm includes an important declaration in verse two, which in a literal version ends like this, “for you have exalted above all things your name and your word.” NLT has done a good job translating that more meaningfully here, and I especially like the second phrase.

Ps. 138:2 NLT I bow before your holy Temple as I worship. I praise [(PCF) you, LORD,//(NLT) your name] for your unfailing love and faithfulness; for your promises are backed by all the honor of your name.

JOHN 18a:
As John said in chapter 13, “Jesus, having always loved his disciples, he loved them to the end.”