King Xerxes & The Exiled Queen

The Chosen People

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Judaism, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 21 September 2025

⏱️ 21 minutes

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# 245 - The Exiled Queen - In this episode of The Chosen People with Yael Eckstein,Episode 245 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 118:6, “Yahweh is on my side. I will not be afraid. What can man do to 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:(01:06) Intro with Yael Eckstein(01:57) The Exiled Queen(18:04) 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.
0:03.0	The city of David had fallen silent,
0:06.0	covered in darkness, hope flickering feebly beneath the ruins.
0:12.0	Rough ropes bound the children of Israel as they stumbled forward.
0:17.0	Each step a grim reminder of their stolen freedom.
0:21.6	This is what we've taken in five years.
0:24.6	Saris, Ekbatana, Susa, from the mountains to the sea my armies have marched.
0:29.6	Mercy hides in margins.
0:33.6	The god who once thundered from Sinai knows how to set a table, even in Babylon.
0:42.3	Ash still covered Zion like a burial cloth. Bones still littered the valley. The temple was still
0:49.3	gone. The king was blind. The ark was missing. The songs were faint. But hope, hope was eating dinner in Babylon. And the Lord was not done. Not even close.
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1:11.3	As a listener of the Chosen People podcast, you know the power of God's Word.
1:16.7	For Christians in more than 70 nations, access to the Bible is limited or even restricted.
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