Sharper Iron From Kfuo Radio

Rev. Ryan Ogrodowicz, associate pastor and headmaster at Grace Lutheran Church and School in Brenham, TX, joins host Rev. Timothy Appel to study Jeremiah 52:1-34. The book of Jeremiah ends with another account of the fall of Jerusalem as a reminder that the LORD does watch over His Word to perform it. Zedekiah was the final faithless king of Judah who refused to humble Himself before the LORD, leading to his foolish rebellion against Nebuchadnezzar. In response, the Babylonian king laid siege to Jerusalem for eighteen months, a horrific ordeal for God’s people. The end came just as Jeremiah had foretold as the LORD’s mouthpiece. Zedekiah was captured and tortured; Jerusalem was burned. The destruction of the temple was particularly terrible: the Babylonians desecrated the holy things of God, and the people of Judah knew a famine of the holy things of God. Nebuchadnezzar’s cruelty over Judah lasted for quite some time, yet the eventual release of Jehoiachin from prison in Babylon was a hopeful reminder that G