Daniel’s Captivity

The Chosen People

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🗓️ 15 September 2025

⏱️ 32 minutes

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# 239 - Daniel’s Captivity - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein, In Babylon’s shadow, Daniel and his friends are stripped of their names and groomed for the king’s court—but a quiet act of conviction redraws the battle lines. This episode explores how faithful resistance begins with small choices, as Daniel resolves not to defile himself and discovers that identity in God outlasts empire.Episode 239 of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein is inspired by the Book of Joshua.Sign up for The Chosen People devotionals at https://www.thechosenpeople.com/sign-upFor more information about Yael Eckstein and IFCJ visit https://www.ifcj.org/Today's opening prayer is inspired by Psalm 23:4, Even though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil, for you are with me.Listen to some of the greatest Bible stories ever told and make prayer a priority in your life by downloading the Pray.com app.Show Notes:(01:55) Intro with Yael Eckstein(02:44) Captives & Captains(29:06) Reflection with Yael Eckstein See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Previously on the chosen people.
0:02.8	We can't keep babbling to...
0:05.6	We can't keep bowing.
0:07.4	Bowing to... to Babylon.
0:09.2	Babylon.
0:10.3	What's left of our people are restless?
0:12.6	We... we must act. We must act.
0:15.1	My lord, rebellion means death.
0:18.3	Nebuchadnezzar does not know mercy.
0:21.1	Nebuchadnezzar uncemoniously drove his dagger into the throat of Zedekiah's oldest son.
0:29.1	The glory of your ancestors dies with you. You, cowardly, pathetic, sniveling, double-minded dog.
0:38.3	It took 11 days to un-make a city that took centuries to build.
0:44.3	Eleven days for King Nebuchadnezzar to turn the Covenant people into a valley of dry bones.
0:53.3	He did not rage.
0:55.0	He did not roar.
0:56.0	He moved through Zion like a surgeon through cancer.
1:01.0	Blade steady, expression blank,
1:04.0	dissecting every sacred thing Judah thought untouchable.
1:10.0	Load them all.
1:12.5	Babylon will melt down the worship of this god and turn it into currency.
1:18.4	Mercy hides in margins.
1:21.4	The god who once thundered from Sinai knows how to set a table, even in Babylon. Ash still covered Zion like a burial cloth,
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