Day 165: April 3, 2026 – Jeremiah 38-42 and Psalm 55

In Psalm 55 we find a verse that sustains us as we move forward in our readings. Cast your cares upon the Lord and he will sustain you. That tends to be where we end that verse, but there is more to it. He will never let the righteous be moved. Jeremiah clearly is being told by the Lord what is going to happen and people ask Jeremiah to tell them what the Lord says about a certain situation, but only if it aligns with their preconceived idea of what is happening. He tells the people to succumb to the Babylonians, but they fight them and are slaughtered. He tells them to remain in Judah and not seek to go elsewhere, but they look to go to Egypt, and they are slaughtered. There are consequences to actions, and sometimes those consequences are severe.