Day 92: Jephthah's Vow (2026)
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Hi, my name is Fr. Mike Schmitz, and you're listening to the Bible in a Year podcast, where we encounter God's voice and live life through the lens of Scripture. The Bible in a Year podcast is brought to you by Ascension using the Great Adventure Bible Timeline. We'll read all the way from Genesis to Revelation, discovering how the story of salvation unfolds and how we fit into that story today. It is day 92, and we are reading from Judges 9-11.
What chapters are we reading on Day 92 and why are they significant?
10, and 11. They're three kind of long chapters with some really, well, as all of Judges is just an intense, intense book. It is PG-13. It gets worse. Knowing that we've had the first eight chapters of the book of Judges, it gets worse. Every chapter is worse than the one before. Just keep that in mind. If you have people that you want to maybe, I don't know, if you want to edit a little bit of what you expose people to when it comes to the word of God. It is still the word of God, but it is also a hard word. And it gets harder and harder through the book of Judges. We're also reading a happy, happy story. And that is Ruth chapter four. We're concluding the story of Ruth today. We're also praying Psalm 137.
As always, the Bible translation that I am using is the Revised Standard Version, the Second Catholic Edition. I'm using the Great Adventure Bible from Ascension. Hopefully you can get yours at ascensionpress.com or at amazon.com or wherever you find Bibles. Also, you can download your free Bible in a Year reading plan by visiting ascensionpress.com slash Bible in a Year. You also can subscribe to the podcast app. and rate it and comment on it if you want in your podcast app. That is all the announcements today. Once again, Judges 9, 10, and 11, Ruth chapter 4, and pray in Psalm 137.
The Book of Judges, chapter nine.
Abimelech tries to establish a monarchy. Now Abimelech, the son of Jerubabel, went to Shechem to his mother's kinsmen and said to them and to the whole clan of his mother's family, say in the ears of all the citizens of Shechem, which is better for you, that all 70 of the sons of Jerubabel rule over you or that one rule over you. Remember also that I am your bone and your flesh. And his mother's kinsmen spoke all these words on his behalf in the years of all the men of Shechem, and their hearts inclined to follow Abimelech, for they said, He is our brother. And they gave him seventy pieces of silver out of the house of Baal-berit, with which Abimelech hired worthless and reckless fellows who followed him.
And he went to his father's house at Ophrah, and slew his brothers, the sons of Jerubabel, seventy men, upon one stone." But Jotham, the youngest son of Jeroboam, was left, for he hid himself. And all the citizens of Shechem came together, and all bet Milo, and they went and made Abimelech king by the oak of the pillar at Shechem. Jotham's Parable of the Trees, Vine, and Bramble When it was told to Jotham, he went and stood on top of Mount Gerizim, and cried aloud and said to them, Listen to me, you men of Shechem, that God may listen to you. The trees once went forth to anoint a king over them, and they said to the olive tree, Rain over us. But the olive tree said to them, Shall I leave my fatness, by which gods and men are honored, and go to sway over the trees?
And the trees said to the fig tree, Come, you, and rain over us. But the fig tree said to them, Shall I leave my sweetness and my good fruit and go to sway over the trees? And the trees said to the vine, Come you and rain over us. But the vine said to them, Shall I leave my wine, which cheers gods and men, and go to sway over the trees? Then all the trees said to the bramble, Come you and reign over us. And the bramble said to the trees, If in good faith you are anointing me king over you, then come and take refuge in my shade. But if not, let fire come out of the bramble and devour the cedars of Lebanon. Now therefore, if you acted in good faith and honor when you made Abimelech king, and if you have dealt well with Jerubabbel and his house, and have done to him as his deeds deserved, for my father fought for you, and risked his life, and rescued you from the hand of Midian, and you have risen up against my father's house this day, and have slain his sons, seventy men, on one stone, and have made Abimelech, the son of his maidservant, king over the citizens of Shechem, because he is your kinsman—
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:03–0:26
2
What chapters are we reading on Day 92 and why are they significant?
0:26–9:32
3
How does Judges 9 introduce Abimelech’s rise to power in Shechem?
9:32–14:50
4
What is Jotham’s Parable of the Trees and what warning does it give?
14:50–24:38
5
How does Abimelech’s downfall unfold and what are its consequences?
24:38–27:35