Day 247: True Repentance (2025)

The Bible in a Year (with Fr. Mike Schmitz)

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🗓️ 4 September 2025

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

Fr. Mike points out the difference between the insincere repentance of King Zedekiah and the people in Jerusalem, and the true repentance of the people in the Book of Judith. The readings are Jeremiah 33-34, Judith 3-5, and Proverbs 16:29-33.

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0:00.0	Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible In A Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture.
0:10.3	The Bible in a year podcast is brought to you by Ascension.
0:13.0	Using the great adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today.
0:20.2	It is day 247. I know I keep saying this, but well done. Gosh, we're reading a lot of chapters today.
0:26.7	We have five chapters, Jeremiah 33 and 34, Judith, three, four, and five. Proverbs chapter 16 versus
0:33.0	29 through 33. As always, the Bible translation that I'm reading from is the revised standard
0:36.9	version, second Catholic edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. If you want to download your own Bible in a year reading plan, you can visit ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on and subscribe and you get daily updates, receive daily episodes right to your door or whatever device you listen to the podcast on. As I said, it is day 247.
0:55.6	We got a lot to get through. So let's get started with Jeremiah 33 and 34, Judith,
0:59.6	3, 4, and 5. Proverbs 16 versus 29 through 33.
1:05.8	The book of the prophet Jeremiah, chapter 33, healing after punishment.
1:14.0	The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah a second time while he was still shut up in the court of the guard thus says the Lord who made the earth
1:18.7	the Lord who formed it to establish it the Lord is his name call to me and I will answer you
1:25.5	and will tell you great and hidden things which you have not known.
1:29.5	For thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning the houses of this city and the houses of the
1:34.8	kings of Judah which were torn down to make a defense against the siege mounds and before the sword.
1:39.8	The Chaldeans are coming in to fight and to fill them with the dead bodies of men whom I shall strike in my anger and my wrath.
1:47.2	For I have hidden my face from this city because of all their wickedness.
1:51.3	Behold, I will bring to it health and healing, and I will heal them and reveal to them abundance of prosperity and security.
1:58.4	I will restore the fortunes of Judah and the fortunes of Israel and rebuild
2:02.2	them as they were at first. I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me,
2:07.1	and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me. And this city shall be to me
2:12.7	a name of joy, a praise and a glory before all the nations of the earth who shall hear of all the good
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