Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Ezekiel.2

A mighty strange chapter where the prophet is to embody himself the sins of Israel and Yehuda. Text here: https://www.sefaria.org/Ezekiel.3

https://www.sefaria.org/Ezekiel.4

Today we begin one of the greatest of the prophets - Yehezkel. Yehezkel, the prophet of the the exile who receives his call to prophecy in Babylon far from the holy land, yet his mind and imagination are up in the heavens! Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Ezekiel.1

Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Jeremiah.39, https://www.sefaria.org/Jeremiah.40

Audio from Ilana Stein in Jo'burg surrounded by tweeting birds. Alongside a compelling read of the chapter, Ilana compares the psychology in South Africa re coronavirus to that of the Jerusalemites in our chapter, watching the ravaging of the area around them by the Babylonians, but saying 'perhaps it won't come to us'.https://www.sefaria.org/Jeremiah.37

An incendiary chapter in which Yirmyahu writes his prophecy on a scroll to be presented to Yehoyakim and other nobility. The scroll is burnt, but is then rewritten!

We jump back in time to the reign of Yehoyakim and the navi's interaction with a teetotaling group known as Rechabites who have a message to teach us. Text for this chapter here: https://www.sefaria.org/Jeremiah.35

Two messages from the prophet to king tzidkiyahu - and a disturbing picture of Jewish slavery in Jerusalem of the 580s. Ilana Stein provides us with another insightful audio with the aid of Rav Benny Lau. Text can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Jeremiah.34

In the audio I take perhaps the most famous verses of this chapter and consider the Jewish tradition's prioritsation of the positive over the negative, a point which perhaps might provide some solace to us in these difficult weeks. Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Jeremiah.33

On the eve of the destruction of Jerusalem, God tells Yirmiyahu to buy property (do not necessarily take this as investment advice for the current period we are in!) Calev Ben Dor gives a beautiful reflection on the moment of exile being the moment of greatest intimacy and what it means to read today's chapter in contemporary Jerusalem. Text for this chapter can be found here: https://www.sefaria.org/Jeremiah.32