1. Who was Jeremiah and during what time did he minister (Jeremiah 1:3)?
Jeremiah was called by God to be a prophet to Judah. Jeremiah was from a priestly family from the small town of Anathoth near Jerusalem. The prophet received the word of the Lord in the 13th year of Josiah’s reign. It has been reported that he received his call from God to be a prophet before he was born. This prophet continued his work until Jerusalem and the cities people were exiled.
2. What other kings did Jeremiah minister under (Jeremiah 1:3?
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, King of Judah until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, King of Judah until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the 5th month. …show more content…
God saw Israel’s lack of direction, so he promised to provide the right kind of leadership Jeremiah predicted a day when the nation would be reunited and have true worship and seen for what it is.
8. If sin is not forsaken by a nation and that nation refuses to repent, what becomes of the promise of God (Jeremiah 7:34)?
Then I will cause the cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bride, groom, and the voice of the bride. For the land shall be desolate.
9. What did Jeremiah have to say to Judah concerning their insensitivity to sin (Jeremiah 8:18-22)?
This was the emotional state Jeremiah was in because he watched his people reject God he responded with anguish to a world dying in sin. We watch that same world still dying in sin, still rejecting God.
10. What does Jeremiah say about the human heart? (Jeremiah 17:9-11)?
Our hearts have been inclined toward sin from the time we were born. It is easy to fall into the routine of forgetting and forsaken God. But we can still choose whether or not to continue in sin. We can yield to a specific temptation or we can ask God to help is resist temptation when
Jeremiah was called by God to be a prophet to Judah. Jeremiah was from a priestly family from the small town of Anathoth near Jerusalem. The prophet received the word of the Lord in the 13th year of Josiah’s reign. It has been reported that he received his call from God to be a prophet before he was born. This prophet continued his work until Jerusalem and the cities people were exiled.
2. What other kings did Jeremiah minister under (Jeremiah 1:3?
It came also in the days of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, King of Judah until the end of the eleventh year of Zedekiah, the son of Josiah, King of Judah until the carrying away of Jerusalem captive in the 5th month. …show more content…
God saw Israel’s lack of direction, so he promised to provide the right kind of leadership Jeremiah predicted a day when the nation would be reunited and have true worship and seen for what it is.
8. If sin is not forsaken by a nation and that nation refuses to repent, what becomes of the promise of God (Jeremiah 7:34)?
Then I will cause the cease from the cities of Judah and from the streets of Jerusalem the voice of mirth and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bride, groom, and the voice of the bride. For the land shall be desolate.
9. What did Jeremiah have to say to Judah concerning their insensitivity to sin (Jeremiah 8:18-22)?
This was the emotional state Jeremiah was in because he watched his people reject God he responded with anguish to a world dying in sin. We watch that same world still dying in sin, still rejecting God.
10. What does Jeremiah say about the human heart? (Jeremiah 17:9-11)?
Our hearts have been inclined toward sin from the time we were born. It is easy to fall into the routine of forgetting and forsaken God. But we can still choose whether or not to continue in sin. We can yield to a specific temptation or we can ask God to help is resist temptation when