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Podcast: Unlocked: Daily Devotions for Teens
Episode: Right Here, Right Now
Description: READ: JEREMIAH 29:1-14
Jeremiah 29:1-14 is one of my favorite passages in the Bible, and, if I’m being honest, one that I struggle with a lot. In this passage, most of Israel had just been taken captive by the Babylonians, who were pagans and had been enemies of Israel for a very long time. After the Israelites were taken captive, some prophets started saying God would come to their rescue quickly, defeating Babylon and restoring the Israelites’ freedom very soon.
But God spoke through the prophet Jeremiah to say these predictions were lies, and the...