Today’s Reading: 2 Kings 24:6,8-10; 2 Chronicles 36:10,12-16; Jeremiah 22:24-30; 37:1-2; Daniel 1:2

All their deafness and selective hearing eventually led to the expulsion of Judah from the land. They have already left the land spiritually, now they are forced to leave physically. Although this is one of the lowest points in the Bible, we learn here a valuable lesson: When God speaks, listen.