Jeremiah pt. 1

Question 1

Jeremiah’s dates

Answer 1

626-580

Question 2

Jeremiah’s Period?

Answer 2

Babylonian

Question 3

Jeremiah means

Answer 3

God has built/established

Question 4

Jeremiah is the son of ___ & ___

Answer 4

Abiathar and Hilkiah

Question 5

Jeremiah belongs to a _____ line.

Answer 5

Priestly

Question 6

Jeremiah is from

Answer 6

Anathoth

Question 7

Jeremiah superscription recap

Answer 7

Son of Abiathar & Hilkiah, of a priestly line. From Anathoth -close to Jerusalem

Question 8

Jeremiah’s ministry lasted

Answer 8

40 years

Question 9

Jeremiah ministered during the reign of King____

Answer 9

Josiah

Question 10

Jeremiah’s call date

Answer 10

627

Question 11

Josiah’s reign

Answer 11

640-609

Question 12

Josiah’s men walking through the temple discover the

Answer 12

Book of the Law

Question 13

Josiah tears his garment to show:

Answer 13

vulnerability to God, recognition of sin and repentence

Question 14

Jeremiah’s call location and verse

Answer 14

Jer 1:4: Before I formed you in the womb I knew you, before you were born I consecrated you, I appointed you a prophet. KNEW, CONSECRATED, APPOINTED

Question 15

Jeremiah’s response to call and God’s response

Answer 15

Demurs - I do not know how to speak.

God- I will be with you, reassurance

Question 16

3 Main Phases of Jeremiah’s Ministry

Answer 16

627-605 Prophesied to Judah under Assyrian & Egyptian Threat
605-587 Prophesied to Judah under Babylonian Threat
587-580 Prophesied to Am Ha Aretz first around destroyed Jerusalem, then Egypt

Question 17

Jeremiah’s 2 main targets

Answer 17

1. Judah as a whole

2. Political and Religious Inst.- leadership

Question 18

For Prophesying the destruction of Jerusalem and Judah Jeremiah is accused of __ and is __

Answer 18

TREASON, is beaten, chained and locked away in Prison

Question 19

Jeremiah is prophesying that the infidelity of the people will send them where? He is accused of?

Answer 19

Babylon, Blasphemy - punishable by death.

Question 20

When Jeremiah says that the will go to Babylon, who was he prophesying against?

Answer 20

The Temple Cult and the Priests.

Question 21

Jeremiah was a _______ prophet, whose words ____

Answer 21

RELUCTANT PROPHET, whose words came from God

Question 22

The words of the Lord is like ______, which he can not endure

Answer 22

fire burning within my heart,

Question 23

In the End, Jeremiah _____ in God’s _____

Answer 23

trusts in God’s Promises

Question 24

At the risk of his own life, Jeremiah tries to convince _______ that the ________ was ______ to the __________

Answer 24

At the risk of his own life, Jeremiah tries to convince HIS OWN PPL that the ONLY OPTION was TOTAL SUBMISSION to the BABYLONIANS

Question 25

The total submission to the Babylonians would prevent them from

Answer 25

being TOTALLY destroyed

Question 26

Jeremiah hires a scribe, why? who? when?

Answer 26

Baruch, 605 BCE, commanded by God

Question 27

Baruch is the son of

Answer 27

Neriah

Question 28

Who becomes God’s instrument of punishment?

Answer 28

Babylonians