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2 Esdras 11, Esther 8, 16, Proverbs 21:17-20

It is better to dwell in a wilderness, than with a quarrelsome and passionate woman.
-Proverbs 21:19

2 Esdras 8, Esther 3, 13, Proverbs 21:5-8
Once again, the Jews are being persecuted through political manipulation. The king's worm tongue has called for it.

2 Esdras 4-5, Esther 11-12, Proverbs 20:27-30
"What are the silly Jews doing?"
2 Esdras 4:2

2 Esdras 1-2, Zacharias 12-13, Proverbs 20:20-22
The fountain of Christ. Idols and false prophets shall be extirpated: Christ shall suffer: his people shall be tried by fire.

And they shall say to him: What are these wounds in the midst of thy hands?
And he shall say: With these I was wounded in the house of them that loved me.
Zech. 13:6

Esdras 5-6, Zacharias 4-6, Proverbs 20:8-11

Christ is prophesized as the Orient on high, who shall be crowned in glory.

Esdras 3-4, Zacharias 1-3, Proverbs 20:4-7

Updating because I keep forgetting. I've so far read The Gospel According to St. Matthew Chapters 1-15 the last few days during one of the "Messianic Checkpoints" in the reading plan.

Jeremias 30, Daniel 12-13, Proverbs 16:17-20
Reading has been slower due to irl events requiring my attention.
Today we read how Susanna was oppressed by the corrupted elders, how Daniel, inspired by the spirit, interjects on her behalf and tried the men against each other. It's reminiscent of how Solomon tried the two women, how one betrayed herself in her coldness. Both men were caught in a lie by their own tongues

Jeremias 26-27, Daniel 8-9, Proverbs 16:9-12
Jeremias pre-figures Christ in Jeremias 26:15 - "But know ye, and understand, that if you put me to death, you will shed innocent blood against your own selves... For in truth the Lord sent me to you" - See St. Matthew 27:25
Daniel predicts Christ and His death in Daniel 9:24-27