How firm a foundation, ye saints of the Lord is laid for your faith in his excellent word.

It's a great day to study God's Word.

I'm Steve Schweetz and we continue our journey through the Bible as our teacher Dr.

J. Vernon McGee picks up our study of Jeremiah at chapter 39.

You know Dr. McGee has a lot of really good insight to share with us today so

let's pray and get started right

away. Heavenly Father thank you for everyone who's gathered here to study your

word. Thank you Lord that regardless of where we live we share the same desire

we want to know you better so open the eyes

of our hearts so that we can discover many wonderful things in your word in Jesus

name we pray amen

we turn now to Jeremiah Chapter 39, verse 7 on through the Bible with Dr. J. Verna

McGee. Now we come today to Chapter 40 in the book of

Jeremiah, but actually we had not quite finished chapter 39.

We saw the fall of Jerusalem, and actually how horrible it was. It says

verse 7 moreover he put out Zedekai's eyes bound him with chains to carry him to Babylon. And the Caledians burned the King's

house and the houses of the people with fire and break down the walls of Jerusalem. and that was a very terrible thing it revealed as Jeremiah explains it later on

over in the 42nd chapter he says for thus

the Lord of hosts the God of Israel as mine anger and my fury

hath been poured forth upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem.

And God says that what happened was he was revealing his anger and revealing his

judgment on this city when it was destroyed.

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