Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional: July 22nd
Charles Spurgeon's "Morning & Evening" Devotional: July 22nd Morning “The way of the ungodly shall perish.” 2 Kings 24:6-9 , 2 Kings 24:11 , 2 Kings 24:12 2 Kings 24:11 , 2 Kings 24:12 That is to say, the eighth year of the reign of Nebuchadnezzar. Jehoiachin saw the utter uselessness of holding out against the potent Babylonian, and probably hoped that he would be reinstated as a vassal prince, but Nebuchadnezzar’s temper had been too much tried by Judah’s affinity with Egypt, and he took both the king and all the better part of the population of Jerusalem as prisoners to Babylon. This was a second and more sweeping captivity. All this had been foretold by the prophet Jeremiah, though they would not hearken to him. Those who will not regard warnings must perish hopelessly. Thus plainly and plaintively had the messenger of the Lord spoken. Jeremiah 22:21-30 Jeremiah 22:21 , Jeremiah 22:22 Like a parching wind, the Chaldeans would wither all; not pasture only, but pas...