Day 254: Judgment of Nations (2025)

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🗓️ 11 September 2025

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Summary

Fr. Mike continues reading from the book of Jeremiah and emphasizes God’s judgment against the nations surrounding Israel. Fr. Mike also invites us to meditate on the words of the prophets and repent for our own failures and shortcomings. Today’s readings are Jeremiah 47-48, Lamentations 2, and Proverbs 18:1-4.

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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
0:07.8	encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of scripture. The Bible in a year podcast is
0:12.1	brought to you by Ascension. Using the Great Adventure Bible timeline, we'll read all the way from
0:15.8	Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that
0:20.2	story today.
0:21.3	It is day 254. We're reading today from Jeremiah, chapter 47 and 48, as well as Lamentations
0:27.3	chapter 2, diving even more deeply into Jeremiah's journey through the city of besieged Jerusalem.
0:34.5	Also, Proverbs chapter 18, verses 1 through 4. As always, the Bible translation I'm reading from is the revised standard 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 ascension press.com slash Bible in a year. You can also subscribe to this podcast by clicking on on subscribe and receive daily updates delivered to wherever you listen to your podcast. as I said, it is day 254. We're reading
0:56.6	Jeremiah chapter 47 and 48, Lamentations 2, Proverbs 18, verses 1 through 4.
1:04.0	The Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 47. Judgment against the Philistines.
1:09.6	The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah, the prophet concerning the Philistines. The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah the prophet
1:12.1	concerning the Philistines before Pharaoh struck Gaza. Thus says the Lord,
1:16.7	Behold, waters are rising out of the north and shall become an overflowing torrent. They shall
1:22.8	overflow the land and all that fills it, the city and those who dwell in it. Men shall cry out, and every
1:28.6	inhabitant of the land shall wail. At the noise of the stamping of the hoofs of his stallions,
1:33.9	at the rushing of his chariots, at the rumbling of their wheels, the fathers look not back to their
1:38.4	children, so feeble are their hands, because of the day that is coming to destroy all the
1:43.0	Philistines, to cut off from
1:44.7	tire inside and every helper that remains. For the Lord is destroying the Philistines,
1:50.8	the remnant of the coastland of Khaftor. Baldness has come upon Gaza. Ashkelon has perished.
1:57.0	O remnant of the Anakim, how long will you gash yourselves?
2:08.2	Ah, sword of the Lord! How long till you are quiet? Put yourself into your scabbard, rest and be still.
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