Fall of Jerusalem

Judah's kings keep choosing violence and God finally lets the consequences hit. Babylon sieges Jerusalem, strips the Temple clean, and deports everyone who matters. Three kings in one chapter and every single one catches an L.

Jerusalem finally falls to Babylon, the Temple gets torched, and everyone gets dragged into exile. It's the darkest chapter in Israel's history — but there's one small W at the very end that keeps hope alive.

Judah speedruns through four terrible kings, gets absolutely cooked by Babylon, and watches everything burn. But God hits the reset button through a Persian king nobody saw coming.

Jeremiah watches Jerusalem go from queen to captive and writes the rawest grief poem in the Bible. Nobody's coming to comfort her, her own choices caught up with her, and all she can do is cry out to God.

The poet watches God tear down everything He built — His own city, His own Temple, His own people. Jerusalem is in ruins, children are starving in the streets, and the only thing left to do is cry out to the God who did this. The heaviest chapter you'll read today.