Daily Readings - 26/06/2026

^25:1 In the ninth year of his reign,[*a] in the tenth month, on the tenth day of the month, Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came with his whole army to attack Jerusalem; he pitched camp in front of the city and threw up earthworks round it.

^25:2 The city lay under siege till the eleventh year of King Zedekiah.

^25:3 In the fourth month, on the ninth day of the month, when famine was raging in the city and there was no food for the populace,

^25:4 a breach was made in the city wall. At once, the king made his escape under cover of dark, with all the fighting men, by way of the gate between the two walls, which is near the king’s garden – the Chaldaeans had surrounded the city – and made his way towards the Arabah[*b]

^25:5 The Chaldaean troops pursued the king and caught up with him in the plains of Jericho, where all his troops deserted.

^25:6 The Chaldaeans captured the king and took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah, who passed sentence on him.

^25:7 He had the sons of Zedekiah slaughtered before his eyes, then put out Zedekiah’s eyes and, loading him with chains, carried him off to Babylon.

^25:8 In the fifth month, on the seventh day of the month – it was in the nineteenth year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon – Nebuzaradan, commander of the guard, an officer of the king of Babylon, entered Jerusalem.

^25:9 He burned down the Temple of Yahweh, the royal palace and all the houses in Jerusalem.

^25:10 The Chaldaean troops who accompanied the commander of the guard demolished the walls surrounding Jerusalem.

^25:11 Nebuzaradan, commander of the guard, deported the remainder of the population left behind in the city, the deserters who had gone over to the king of Babylon, and the rest of the common people.

^25:12 The commander of the guard left some of the humbler country people as vineyard workers and ploughmen.

^136:1 Give thanks to Yahweh, for he is good, his love is everlasting!

^136:2 Give thanks to the God of gods, his love is everlasting!

^136:3 Give thanks to the Lord of lords, his love is everlasting!

^136:4 He alone performs great marvels, his love is everlasting!

^136:5 His wisdom made the heavens, his love is everlasting!

^136:6 He set the earth on the waters, his love is everlasting!

^136:7 He made the great lights, his love is everlasting!

^136:8 The sun to govern the day, his love is everlasting!

^136:9 Moon and stars to govern the night, his love is everlasting!

^136:10 He struck down the first-born of Egypt, his love is everlasting!

^136:11 And brought Israel out, his love is everlasting!

^136:12 With mighty hand and outstretched arm, his love is everlasting!

^136:13 He split the Sea of Reeds, his love is everlasting!

^136:14 Led Israel through the middle, his love is everlasting!

^136:15 Drowned Pharaoh and his army, his love is everlasting!

^136:16 He led his people through the wilderness, his love is everlasting!

^136:17 He struck down mighty kings, his love is everlasting!

^136:18 He slaughtered famous kings, his love is everlasting!

^136:19 Sihon, king of the Amorites, his love is everlasting!

^136:20 And Og, the king of Bashan, his love is everlasting!

^136:21 He gave their lands as a legacy, his love is everlasting!

^136:22 A legacy to his servant Israel, his love is everlasting!

^136:23 He remembered us when we were down, his love is everlasting!

^136:24 And snatched us from our oppressors, his love is everlasting!

^136:25 He provides for all living creatures, his love is everlasting!

^136:26 Give thanks to the God of Heaven, his love is everlasting!

^8:1 After he had come down from the mountain large crowds followed him.

^8:2 A leper now came up and bowed low in front of him. ‘Sir,’ he said ‘if you want to, you can cure me.’

^8:3 Jesus stretched out his hand, touched him and said, ‘Of course I want to! Be cured!’ And his leprosy was cured at once.

^8:4 Then Jesus said to him, ‘Mind you do not tell anyone, but go and show yourself to the priest and make the offering prescribed by Moses, as evidence for them’.