Category: When it all goes wrong…..

‘If thieves came to you, if robbers in the night – oh, what a disaster awaits you – would they not steal only as much as they wanted? If grape pickers came to you,...

Because Ammon rejoiced in the plight of the people of Judah, they too will suffer. because they said ‘Aha!’. Because they clapped their hands and stamped their feet in joy. Now Ammon will be...

Next we see Jerusalem as a cooking pot. For this is what the siege of Jerusalem is like. A cooking pot with all the best meat and bones inside. A cooking pot with wood...

Four prophecies. Against the southern forest: it will be consumed by an unquenchable fire. Reaction to the prophecy: Isn’t he just telling parables? Against the land of Israel: God will take His sword for slaughter...

It’s time to lament. Grieve for what could have been. What should have been. A time to be filled with great sadness. That life is not as it should be. To remember how good...

Think of Babylon as a great eagle with powerful wings, long feathers and full plumage of varied colours and the people of God as a vine. The eagle has come and plucked off the top...

Jerusalem is like a useless vine. The wood of the vine cannot be used for anything at all. All it is good for is to be tossed on the fire. That’s what’s going to...

Ezekiel is a prophet. People come to a prophet to consult him and inquire about God. Which is what the elders in Ezekiel 14 do. But God is not pleased. He knows what’s in...

Today we reach the end of the book of Lamentations. I’m not great with endings. If the book ends with everything all sorted out and every loose end tied up, then I’m mad because...

Remember, Lord, what has happened to us; look, and see our disgrace. We have lost everything. Everything we have worked for. Our homes. Our land. Our inheritance. It’s all gone. Remember, Lord, what has...