Jeremiah Part 1 - Precepts For Life Study Guide

J e r e m i a h Pa r t 1
Return to Me
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Fellow believer,
Do you know who Jeremiah was? Do you have any idea what obstacles this prophet faced in a nation about to be swept away by Gods righteous judgment?
And what his spiritual-life experiences can mean for your life?
If not, youre in for quite an adventure. You see, Israels spiritual condition back then was much like our nations is today. Prophet, priest, and king had all turned
away from the Living God. They abandoned the faith of their father Abraham and the Law of Moses. They broke Gods covenant and went whoring after
other gods.
As Jeremiah opens up we see two signal events: Gods call of Jeremiah and Israel at the crossroads of life and death. Babylons horses and riders are on the way!
I know you realize how real this situation is today and so how applicable this book is going to be for you. God knew how widespread and tough the opposition was and so He promised to make Jeremiah a fortified city and as a pillar of iron and as walls of bronze against the whole land . . . the kings of Judah . . . its
princes . . . its priests and . . . the people (1:18). And He promised too (I love this one!) They will fight against you, but they will not overcome you, for I am
with you to deliver you (v. 19).
Were not only outnumbered today, beloved; were also outranked. Spiritual wickedness in the heavenlies always descends to earth but it has lately settled on
some of our nations highest leaders who defy the Lord and defile His holy covenants of life and marriage. God will not tolerate this for long! Were weakening
against strong nations.
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RETURN TO MEJEREMIAH PART 1 STUDY GUIDE
Program 1
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 1:1-3; 20:14

C R OS S - R E FE R E N C E S
Deuteronomy 28:49-53, 58-59

Joshua 21:13-18
2 Chronicles 16:9; 34:1-3, 8,
14-21; 33:9-12
Psalms 68:28
Isaiah 64:8
Habakkuk 1:5
Matthew 25:13; 28:18
John 1:29; 8:56
Philippians 1:29
1 Thessalonians 5:3
Hebrews 10:4
2 Peter 3:3-4
Revelation 1:6, 8
Program 2
T OD AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 1:4-17; 29:11

C R O S S - R E FE R E N C E S
Deuteronomy 28:15-68
Psalms 139:13, 16
Proverbs 30:6
Isaiah 43:4
Romans 5:10
1 Corinthians 1:27-29
Ephesians 1:4; 2:8-10
1 Thessalonians 5:24
Hebrews 1:2
Revelation 19:16
ProphecyAlways Ahead?
1. To understand the historical context, read Jeremiah 1:1-3. Throughout this study, mark word of the Lord and Thus says the Lord.
a. Through how many kings reigns did Jeremiah speak Gods Word?
b. Whats significant about the phrase until the exile?
2. What do we know about Jeremiah from Jeremiah 1:1?
a. What do we (Revelation 1:6) have in common with him?
b. What else do we have in common, comparing Jeremiah 20:14 with Philippians 1:29? Is prophecy to an opposing culture an
easy job?
c. Locate Anathoth on the map (p. 49).
i. Where is it in respect to Jerusalem?
ii. What do you learn about it from Joshua 21:13-18?
All I Command You Shall Speak!

1. Re-read Jeremiah 1, color coding every reference to Jeremiah (just this chapter). Also draw a green circle shaped like a clock
over every reference to time like this:
2. Concerning Jeremiah,
a. What did God appoint him to do?
b. To whom?
3. Read Jeremiah 1:6-7.
a. Was Jeremiah optimistic about his calling?
b. What were his two complaints? Can you identify with these?
c. How did God respond to Him? Would this response bother you?
d. How much of the Word to him did God tell Jeremiah to speak?
4. Now read Jeremiah 1:8-10.
a. On what basis did God tell Jeremiah not to fear? Does this help?
b. What did God command Jeremiah to speak? Was there any wiggle room for his own opinions? Which are you more
confident speaking: your opinions or Gods truths?
Program 3
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 31:31-34
Isaiah 44:1-3
Ezekiel 11:17-20; 19:10-14;
36:24-27
Hebrews 10:1-20
Running on Empty
1. Read Jeremiah 2:5.
a. What ultimate paths lay before usGod and what?
b. What does the Lord say is one reason people walk away from Him? What do they think of Him? Are they right?
2. After God sums up Israels terrible spiritual condition, what two things does He tell Jeremiah in 1:17?
a. Positively: to do what?
b. Negatively: to dont be what?
c. The KJV literally translates the Hebrew peneyhem their faces. Is it easy to be dismayed (intimidated) by peoples faces? What can we
do about this? Is there another face to gaze at?
3. Jeremiah 1:18-19 is a special promise.
a. What three adjectives describe the strength God gave Jeremiah and what do they imply about the resistance hell encounter?
b. Where do the enemies in this verse come fromwithout (Babylon) or within (Israel)?
c. Are there a lot or a few? What ranks do they come from?
d. How does this encourage you to face off with Gods enemies regardless of how high they are in the eyes of men?
Program 4
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 1:11, 16; 2:5, 8-19

Job 9:5-9
Psalms 106:19-20
Matthew 5:18
John 4:10, 14; 7:38-39
Galatians 6:7
Ephesians 6:12
Revelation 22:17
The Saddest Verse in Jeremiah

1. Read Jeremiah 2:8-11with respect to Israels top leaders:
a. Did her priests miss God? Did they even know He was MIA? Do religious leaders today behave religiously without even
knowing Gods glory has departed?
b. Did Israels scribes know the Lord?
c. How about her rulers? What did they do and how did this affect their ability to promote justice?
d. Finally, what does God say about Israels prophets? (Remember to put a big I over anything that smacks of idolatry: idols,
false gods by name, etc.)
a. Who does God call on to witness Israels spiritual misbehaviors?
b. Why is their witness particularly significant? (Hint: see Job 9:5-9)
c. To review, what are Israels two evils? Are we called to store and dispense living water? (cf. John 7:38; Revelation 22:17)?
Is a leaky cistern a good picture of emptiness without God?
Program 5
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 2:6, 8-9, 13, 18,

20-37
2 Kings 23:29-30
Luke 11:39, 43, 47-48
John 4
1 Corinthians 6:19-20; 10:11
Disappointed with God?

1. Review Jeremiah 2:19 and then read verses 20-24.
a. How does verse 20 explain verse 19? (Note the for in verse 20.)
b. What significant event in Israels history is God referring to?
c. How did Israel respond to this magnificent redemption? What kind of whore did Israel become?
d. Did God plant bad or mixed (good/bad) seed?
e. Explain how verse 22 overturns self-help theories.
f. Do the two animals in verses 23 and 24 have a lot of say in their restless and in heat behaviors? Can they easily
overpower these natural impulses? How naturally enslaved are we?
Ephesians 2:1
2. In verses 29-32 God gives a lot of reasons why rebellion just doesnt make sense. Find these for yourself in the verses listed.
a. (29): Who sinned? What does this say about the validity of our contentions with God?
b. (30): How did Israel respond to prior discipline?
c. (31): Was God bad for Israel?
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Program 6
T O D AY S T EX T
Philippians 1:11-20
Return Faithless One!

1. Read Jeremiah 3 and mark references to turn, return, faithless, and faithlessness with a red squiggle like this:
Numbers 32:23
Ezekiel 16:30, 32
2. Now, more carefully examine 3:1-5.
Matthew 4:17
a. Carefully study the analogy in verse 1. With respect to God and Israel, who represents the man and who the wife?
Mark 12:30
b. How can you harmonize 3:1c with 3:12, 14, and 22? Does God answer His own question in 3:5? (Cf. 3:12)
John 8:32
c. What does this tell you about Gods character? What kind of God is He (attribute)? How does this attribute bring you hope?
Romans 15:4
1 Timothy 2:1-2
Program 7
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 3:1-3, 9, 13,

22, 24; 4:11-12, 16-18;
6:13-14; 32:17
Genesis 38:14
1 Kings 11:1-13
2 Samuel 11:4
Job 28:22-23; 37:10-12
Proverbs 4:23
Ezekiel 16:15, 30; 38:19-23
Malachi 3:6
Mark 12:30
John 14:15
Romans 15:4
James 4:4
Consequences of Harlotry
1. Land Pollution. Review Jeremiah 3:1.
a. Carefully examine the yet toward the end of the verse.
b. Is Israel consistently worshipping any one god?
c. Does this kind of thing spread? Whats repeated in verses 1 and 2?
d. How is harlotry described in Jeremiah 3:2, 3, 9?
e. Is there harlotry in America? Its churches?
2. Nature Judgments. Read Jeremiah 3:3, marking therefore with three red dots in the shape of a triangle:
a. How did God judge Israel? Did He do this just to punish? What does the yet imply?
b. Cross-reference Deuteronomy 28:23-24. What kinds of judgments on disobedience were part of Gods original covenant
with Israel?
c. What kind of nature judgments will God bring on Gog according to Ezekiel 38:18-22?
d. Has America experienced any nature judgments?
3. Labor Exhaustion. Read Jeremiah 3:24.
a. List the things harlotry consumes.
b. What does this mean? What do we exhaust ourselves for when we defy God? Where does it all end up? (Cf. Psalm 127:1.)
Program 8
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 3:1-10, 12, 14,

22; 4:1, 20-21, 27, 30-31
Too Far from the Lord?

1. Consequence 6: Devastation. Read Jeremiah 4:20, 21, and 27.
a. What does disaster on disaster mean?
b. How extensive is the damage? How quickly does it come?
c. Did God completely destroy His people? Why not?
Deuteronomy 24:1-4
1 Kings 11:1-13; 12:16-24
2 Kings 13
Matthew 19:8
Colossians 3:5
Program 9
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 3:9-25
1 Kings 11:1-13; 12:25-33

Ezekiel 37:15-23
Zechariah 12:10; 14
Matthew 4:4
John 17:15, 17
Acts 4:12
1 John 1:9
2. Consequence 7: Self-Corruption. What are some examples today with respect to sex, drugs, and respect for life?
a. Did God frustrate the sexual allure of the prostitute?
b. What did their lovers end up wanting instead?
c. Do men get bored with illicit sex today? How do we know? What comes after this in the downward spiral of perverse
pleasure? Think we may ever see a future coliseum? Does reality fighting approach this? Why do people enjoy things like this?
No Lasting Peace
1. Review Jeremiah 3:22s context: verses 9-25.
2. How did Judah return to God according to verse 10? Return Precept #2: Return to God with your whole heart.
3. What key attribute of God addresses faithless people and tells them to return (v. 12)?
4. Return Precept #3: Acknowledge your sin (Jeremiah 3:13). What is God emphasizing that certainly has to be done with respect
to iniquityhow does the weight of evidence God cites reinforce Israels inescapable need to confess?
5. Now lets wrap up with verses 20-25.
a. Return Precept #4: Return to God, not to anyone else.
b. According to verses 22-23, what does Israel finally conclude about who to return to? What does Peter say about this in
Acts 4:12?
Program 10
T OD AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 3:22; 4:1-31;

8:11; 17:14
Numbers 32:23
Ezekiel 3:17-19
Sound the Alarm!

1. Carefully observe Jeremiah 4:1-2.
a. Return Precept #5: Put away your detested things without waver (Jeremiah 4:1)
i. From what youve read, what were some of these things Israel needed to put away? How about you?
ii. If we dont detest these things, who will?
b. Return Precept #6: Come to Him in truth, justice, and righteousness (Jeremiah 4:2)
i. Why should believers swear As the Lord lives under these three conditions?
ii. What does each of them mean?
Mark 4:18-19
Acts 20:26-27
2 Timothy 4:2
Hebrews 13:8
2. Now lets continue with two more Return Precepts from verses 3-4.
a. Return Precept #7: Break up your fallow ground and dont sow among thorns.
i. What is fallow ground?
ii. What happens when we break it up? (Cf. Mark 4:18-19.)
b. Return Precept #8: Remove the callousness inside (Jeremiah 4:4)
i. How do we circumcise our hearts?
ii. What will God do if we dont?
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Program 11
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 5:1-5; 7:28; 9:3

Genesis 37:18-36; 42:8-20

Deuteronomy 32:3-4, 10,
12-16; 2 Chronicles 16:9
Psalms 68:28
Proverbs 27:17
Hosea 4:1-2
Habakkuk 2:2-4
Matthew 3:17; 28:19-20
John 14:6
Romans 1:17
Galatians 3:11
Hebrews 4:12; 10:38
James 2:17
Program 12
T OD AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 3:22; 4:1-31;

8:11; 17:14
Numbers 32:23
Ezekiel 3:17-19
Mark 4:18-19
Acts 20:26-27
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O Lord, Do Not Your Eyes Look for Truth?

a. What is God looking for? How many? (Cf. 2 Chronicles 16:9.)
b. What will He do if he finds one?
c. What is truth (faithfulness) associated with here?
d. Why does God pardon others (Jerusalem) based on His finding truth in one person? What does this point to? (Cf. Isaiah
53:11; Romans 5:18, 19; 1 Corinthians 1:30.)
e. Do you think Jeremiahs faithfulness and justice held off judgment for a while (preserved a remnant) . . . or did he perish
with everyone else?
f. How hard was his opposition according to verse 3?
2. Carefully read Jeremiah 5:4-5, 11.
a. What did Jeremiah originally suppose regarding the kind of person that rejects the Word?
b. What did he find out afterward?
Veered Off Course?

1. Review Jeremiah 5:5-6.
a. What is apostasy? How much of Israel had apostasied?
b. What will God do and why?
c. Do you believe the carnivores here are animal, human, or demonic and why? (Cf. Ezekiel 14:13-15.)
2. Now carefully observe Jeremiah 5:7-9.
2 Timothy 4:2
a. What kind of adultery is God pointing out here? What evidences in the context help us define it accurately?
Hebrews 13:8
b. Since He obviously knows the answers, what is God appealing to when he asks Israel Why should I pardon you? and Shall
I not punish these people . . . shall I not avenge Myself?
c. What attributes of God are consistent with His punishing sin?
Program 13
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 5:7-14, 29, 31

Playing the Harlot

a. What remains of a vine after its branches are stripped off (since God forbids a complete destruction)?
Genesis 1:26
b. Can you explain the picture? Does this relate to the concept of a remnant in Israel? Is the believers sanctification in mind?
Numbers 32:23
c. How is treachery defined in the context? What lie did the false prophets promulgate?
Proverbs 4:23
Habakkuk 2:4
d. Is this lie common today? Is there a market for it? (Cf. Jeremiah 5:31, John 3:19, and 2 Timothy 4:3.)
Matthew 5:28; 15:17-20
e. How will God vindicate Jeremiahs words according to verse 14? Will he do the same for us when we preach His words?
Romans 1:16-18, 21-32

Hebrews 12:14
Program 14
T OD AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 1:17; 2:13, 37;

5:1-3, 14-31; 6:1-7
Genesis 10:10; 15:18; 26:3-5;

28:13-14
Numbers 32:23
Psalm 73:1-7, 17; 90:10
The Everlasting Nation

1. Review Jeremiah 5:1-9.
a. How did Jeremiah know his preaching would be rejected? Has God pretty much told us the same thing?
(Cf. 2 Corinthians 2:16.)
b. Where is evil coming from? What does it refer to?
c. List what you learn about Babylon (cf. Genesis 10:10) and what this nation is going to do to Israel (cf. Isaiah 33:19).
d. Will Babylon completely destroy Israel?
Isaiah 33:19
i. Why not?
Ezekiel 11:18-19; 13:16
ii. How can we apply this truth today?
Daniel 2:313:1
Romans 2:6-7
Philippians 2:10-11
e. Review Gods covenant with Israel in Genesis 15:18, 26:3-5, and 28:13-14 then answer the following: why cant any
foreign nation completely destroy Israel?
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Program 15
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 1:11-12; 5:3,

21; 6:3, 9-30
Ezekiel 17:24
Habakkuk 1:6-11
John 3:16
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Every One . . . Greedy for Gain!

a. Who is going to glean as a vine the remnant of Israel and what does this mean? (Cf. prior chapter for clues.)
b. Why does Jeremiah ask who he should warn? Does he imply that the people are free to respond any old time
they want?
2. Now observe Jeremiah 6:11.
a. In what sense did Jeremiah pour out the wrath of God?
b. Who did he pour it out on? Do you get the impression any were exempt?
c. What specific judgments come on Israel and why (vv. 12-14)?
d. What was the most heinous crime of the prophets and priests (vv. 14-16)?
e. How can we infer the true believer normally responds to sin two ways according to verses 15-16? Did Israel
respond these ways?
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Program 16
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 1:2, 5, 12,

16-19; 2:13; 3:22;
7:1-12; 9:24
Exodus 34:6
Accurately Reflecting God

1. Read Jeremiah 7:1-8. Mark deceptive (I put a black cloud shaded gray around it; then I add a black down arrow to show
how deception brings you down, destroys you: like this:
)
a. Where is Jeremiah proclaiming Gods Word now?
b. Is it too late for Israel to repent?
c. Why is the repeated phrase the temple of the Lord deceitful?
i. What does the phrase imply?
Psalm 119:104
ii. Why is it repeated three times?
Proverbs 23:7
d. List the amends God is looking for.
Hebrews 12:14
e. How does God describe Himself in Exodus 34:6?
Program 17
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 7:4, 12-13, 15-31

Numbers 32:23
Joshua 18:1
Judges 18:31
1 Samuel 2:12-16, 22;
4:3-7, 17; 5:1-4
Psalms 121:4
Micah 6:8
2 Peter 3:16
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Deception On the Rise!

1. Carefully observe Jeremiah 7:12-14. Then lets do some background checking to see why the Lord tells Israel to go to Shiloh:
a. What do you learn about Shiloh from Joshua 18:1?
b. Now read 1 Samuel 4:3-7.
i. Why did the Israelites go to Shiloh after the Philistines defeated them in battle?
ii. How did the Philistines react when they learned that the Israelites had retrieved their ark?
iii. What did they do to retaliate according to 1 Samuel 5:1?
a. What does God tell Jeremiah not do to?
b. Does God accept dual worship?
c. What were the false teachers telling the people in verse 18?
i. Is this dual status of believers common today?
ii. What does Revelation 1:6 and 5:10 call all believers?
Program 18
T OD AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 7:4, 31-34;

8:1-11
Genesis 9:6
John 8:32; 17:17
Sacrificing Our ChildrenThen And Now

1. Read Jeremiah 7:31-24 and 8:1-3.
a. What had God commanded Israel about child sacrifice? (Leviticus 18:21; Leviticus 20:1-5)
b. What evidence is there that Israel practiced child sacrifice? When did it start? (Psalm 106: 34-39; 2 Chronicles 28: 1-4;
2 Kings 23:10)
c. From this verse what does God say about capital punishment? Is it the same as murder?
Romans 1:24-28
d. What does God plan to do with Topheth and the people who practice human sacrifice there? What will Judah be like?
1 Corinthians 15:33
e. How will the inrushing enemy defile Judah?
Philippians 3:13
f. Why will they do these horrific acts? What does spreading out to sun, moon, and stars imply about their culture?
Program 19
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 1:12; 6:14;

8:11-22; 9:1-6
Genesis 37:25
Exodus 20:17
Psalm 107:20
Matthew 4:4
John 8:32
Philippians 2:15
14
The Cure For the Broken Heart

1. Observe Jeremiah 8:11-22.
a. What kind of healing did the prophets and priests offer Israel? Is superficial healing based on truth?
b. Is there middle ground between peace and no peace? (Cf. 6:14.)
c. How should the false prophets and priests have responded to their abomination? Do cultures dull senses? (Cf. 1 Timothy 4:2.)
d. List some of the judgments God will bring on these leaders. Can we expect to be treated any differently when we turn away from God?
What does time of their punishment imply? (Cf. Hebrews 9:27.)
e. In the margin, write down phrases between verses 12 and 21 that suggest that irreversible doom lies ahead.
f. Now carefully observe verse 22.
i. What do you learn about balm in Genesis 43:11, Jeremiah 51:8, and Ezekiel 27:17 and its relationship to Gilead in Genesis 37:25
and Jeremiah 46:11?
ii. Does Jeremiah 8:22c suggest there is a balm in Gilead? How? How does this balm and the theme in chapter 3 (3:12, 14, 22) relate
to the coming doom in verses 12-21?
Program 20
T OD AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 5:30-31; 6:14,

27, 29-30; 8:13; 9:5-26;
23:5-6
Psalms 19:1
Romans 10:1-4
True Words that Heal the Real Problem

1. First, lets do some review: re-read Jeremiah 5:30-31 and 6:14, 27, 29-30.
a. What appalling thing has happened?
b. Why do people love lies? (v. 31, cf. John 3:19, 20.)
c. Do people love falsity in our nation? How do many respond when we speak truth to them? How biased is the media?
2. Now lets move ahead and observe Jeremiah 9:5-16.
a. How widespread is deceit among the people?
b. What does God plan to do about it? Does God have free-will options with respect to evil? What must He do about
it and why?
c. Has refining worked so far? (Cf. Jeremiah 6:27, 29-30.) Does God have to turn up the heat so to speak?
3. Finally, carefully observe Jeremiah 9:17-26.
a. How are the people put to great shame according to verse 19? Why arent the dead being buried?
b. Why shouldnt the wise and mighty boast respectively of their wisdom and strength? (Cf. 1 Corinthians 1:17-31.)
c. What things (that delight the Lord) should we boast about?
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Jeremiah 10:111
Exodus 20:3-5
Deuteronomy 6:5
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The Stupidity of Idolatry

1. Carefully observe Jeremiah 10:1-5, marking idols and gods with a black capital I.
a. What does God command here? Do nations ways include teaching idolatry?
b. Cross-reference Matthew 24:3-8 and Luke 21:25-27 and describe the signs of the heavens that can terrify us if were not
prepared.
c. How does Jesus tell us to prepare in Luke 21:34-36?
Ecclesiastes 1:2
Matthew 24:3, 6-8, 27-30
Luke 21:25-27
1 Corinthians 10:11
Romans 15:4
Philippians 2:10-11
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Jeremiah 10:8, 10, 12-16

Genesis 9:1, 18-19; 10:32;

11:1-9; 31:19, 30, 34-35
Exodus 20:2-5
Deuteronomy 6:4
1 Kings 11:3-8
Psalms 115:5-6
Matthew 6:25, 33
Romans 1:20-23
1 Corinthians 8:4, 6; 10:19-21
Colossians 3:5
1 Timothy 6:6-8
Hebrews 12:14
2. Now, continue reading and observing Jeremiah 10:6-11.

a. How does Jeremiah start His contrast between God and idols?
b. What is the proper answer to the rhetorical question in verse 7? (Note how for leads to repeating the phrase in verse 6. Also
cross-reference Philippians 2:10-11.)
c. Is self-discipline always good? (v. 8)
What Are You Worshiping?

1. Observe Jeremiah 10:12-16.
a. While its true (since God is One) that all His attributes entered into creation, which two does Jeremiah emphasize here?
b. How do these contrast with some of the properties of idols?
c. Besides the original creation, what else does Jeremiah highlight as He contrasts dead idols to the Living God?
d. How universal is idolatry according to verse 14?
2. Lets survey some of the history of idolatry from the time after the flood.
a. What do we know about those who exited the ark from Genesis 9:18-19; 10:32; and 11:1?
b. What happened after (11:2-9)? Did idolatry return? In force?
c. What did the Lord do to this city of Babel that eventually became Babylon? Was His lingual confusion intended to grow or
stem the tide of idolatry? What became of the city . . . for a time?
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Jeremiah 31:3
Psalms 40:1-3
Turning from Idols to the True, Living God

1. Carefully observe 1 Corinthians 10:19-20.
a. How does Paul answer his question, What do I imply then?
b. Even though an idol is effectively nothing in the world, is there something behind the idol that can be worshipped?
What is it?
Isaiah 9:6
Philippians 4:7
1 Thessalonians 1:9-10
Hebrews 13:5
1 John 4:18; 5:11-13
2. Now cross-reference Jeremiah 31:3, Psalm 40:1-3, and 1 John 5:11-13.

a. How is Gods love and drawing described?
b. How does David describe salvation in the Psalm?
c. Do you have a new song that praises God in your mouth? What does David say this will do?
d. How do we know we have eternal life?
e. What assurance of eternal life does God give us in 1 John 5:13 and Hebrews 13:5?
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T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 5:21; 10:17-25;

11:1-14; 31:31
Exodus 19:1-8; 20:3;

23:31-33; 24:1-3
Jonah 3:5-10
1 Corinthians 10:11
Matthew 16:24
The Solemn Binding Agreement

1. Read Jeremiah 10:17-21. Remember to mark Jeremiah and pronouns that refer to him in orange throughout this study.
a. What do slinging and bundle imply about the coming siege?
b. What do they tell us about putting our trust in possessions?
c. Why was Israels wound incurable?
2. Now observe 10:22-25.
a. What great commotion report comes from the north?
b. How will this commotion impact Judah? And what will God do to this commotion later according to Isaiah 33:1 and
Jeremiah 51:37?
c. Can any man save himself (v. 23)?
3. Now read Jeremiah 11:1-7, marking the key repeated term covenant with a square yellow box around it shaded red like this:
a. How far back does Gods covenant with Israel go?
b. List the positive provisions Jeremiah mentions. Did the covenant come with a warning as well? What was that?
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Jeremiah 6:14; 11:14-23;

12:1-17
Exodus 19:7
Deuteronomy 11:16;
30:14-15, 17-19
Psalm 73
Matthew 23:34-35
2 Timothy 3:5
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What Rights When We Sin?

1. Carefully observe Jeremiah 11:15-19. Mark Jeremiah throughout this lesson.
a. Are there sins sacrificial flesh cant take away?
b. How does verse 16 describe Israels history?
c. Were all its branches worthless?
2. Now read Jeremiah 11:2012:6.

a. What did the men of Anathoth plan to do to Jeremiah?
b. How will God stop them? How many judgments will they suffer? Does the Lord have a set time for these?
c. Whats Jeremiahs beef in 12:1-6?
Hebrews 12:6-7
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T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 1:19; 11:21;

12:5-7; 15:19
2 Kings 22:13, 19-20; 23:29

John 16:33
2 Corinthians 5:6-8
Philippians 1:29
2 Timothy 3:2-4, 10-13; 4:7-8
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Rougher Times Ahead!

1. Lets review Jeremiah 12:5 against Israels recent history.
a. Where is the land of peace Jeremiah has been in and who has been ruling? What do you remember about this king?
b. What had happened to the Northern Kingdom and when?
2. Now lets cross reference some New Testament verses that shed light on persecution, suffering and victory.
a. Paul commended Timothy for many things in 2 Timothy 3:10. What was the last and why was it important? What did
Timothy follow according to v. 11?
b. Can any who live godly in Christ expect no persecution? (2 Timothy 3:12, cf. John 16:2) Why not? What does godliness do
to an ungodly world?
c. How did Jesus encourage His disciples with respect to certain tribulation ahead in John 16:33?
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T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 12:5; 13:1-11

Daniel 2:1; 1:1

Jeremiah 25:1-11
Amos 3:7
Hebrews 1:1,2
Shattered Peace
a. What became of the linen waistband Jeremiah hid? What does it represent? Whats the significance of linen?
b. What exactly is totally worthless according to vv. 8-9 and what is God planning to do with it?
c. How are the totally worthless described in vv. 9-10?
d. According to verse 11, how does the illustration show what God did and how his people responded?
e. What does God do when the worthless becomes total? Does He save it or do something else with it?
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T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 12:5; 13:4-19

Joshua 7:19-26
2 Kings 24:1-4, 7-12
Matthew 6:31-33
Confession, Restoration, Healing

a. What kind of judgment is coming? How does drunkenness relate to being dashed together? What future for Judah does this
depict?
b. Will any ranks of people be exempt? Were any people innocent of departing from the Lords truth and justice?
c. What actions does the Word command in verses 15 and 16?
d. When were the people supposed to do these things? (Mark the three time terms before, before, and while.)
John 9:15-24
1 John 5:4
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T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 3:3; 7:24;

12:4-5; 13:11, 17-18,
20-27; 14:1-22; 15:19
Numbers 32:23
Deuteronomy 18:22
2 Kings 24:3-4, 15-16
Psalms 115:5-6
Proverbs 3:12
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2. Now continue with verses 17-19.

a. How will Jeremiah respond if Gods people refuse to glorify Him?
b. Why? What captivity is coming? What judgments are coming on royalty and the cities of the Negev?
c. How does the moral degradation of kings impact the future of their kingdoms? Is this connection valid today?
Accountable to God
a. Who are the companions (the flock) Judah had taught? (v. 21) Will Babylon (v. 20) put these students in
power?
b. Why is this appointment (v. 21) compared to the pangs of a woman in childbirth? Whats so bad about it? How
would you feel?
c. Whats the most obvious answer to Why me, Lord? Can we hide our sin from God? What does He do according
to the text?
d. Explain how verse 23 negates the idea of man doing good apart from God. What do we trust in ultimately, if not
the Lord?
2. Now continue reading Jeremiah 14:1-13.
a. Is verse 1 headline news? Whats the theme for this chapter?
b. Is there water in Israel? Why not? Should this have come as a surprise to people in covenant with God? (Cf.
Deuteronomy 11:17.)
c. What does Israel appeal to for their salvation?
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T OD AY S T EX T

12:5; 15:1-21; 29:11
Spokesman for God

a. What does the Even though imply about Moses and Samuel?
b. How does verse 2 reinforce that there are no physical escapes from Gods judgment?
c. How bad was Manasseh? What were some of the worst things he did within his 55-year reign according to 2 Kings 21:5-16?
Exodus 32:9-14
1 Samuel 8:19-22
2 Kings 21:3-7, 9, 16
Isaiah 6:8-13
Ezekiel 3:1-2
2. Now study Jeremiah 15:5-14.

a. If the Lord is against us, can anyone be for us? (v. 5, cf. 3.e. below)
b. Has Israel sinned against the Lord just from time to time? (v. 6)
c. Did God reach a limit on His compassion (feeling sorry for them)? What will he do now and how soon?
Revelation 10:10-11
3. Finally, read Jeremiah 15:15-21.

a. Is it okay to pray for vengeance? (Cf. Luke 18:7.)
b. List ways Jeremiah contrasts with merrymakers (vv. 15-17).
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Jeremiah 1:2; 7:4; 15:1;

17:12; 18:8, 11, 17
Genesis 12:2-4
Psalm 119:104
Isaiah 45:5-7
Daniel 4:34-35
Hebrews 11:9-10
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The Sanctuary on High

1. Lets get right to it; read Jeremiah 17:12.
a. What is a sanctuary? (Cf. Psalm 20:2; 28:2.)
b. Lets review the beginning of Gods everlasting sanctuary for his people (2 Chronicles 30:8; Psalm 78:69).
i. List His first promises to Abraham in Genesis 12:2-3.
ii. According to Hebrews 11:9-10, how did Abraham live in the Promised Land?
iii. What was he looking for, ultimately, that compares with Jeremiah 17:12?
2. Heres a list of Scriptures from this lesson youll want to observe in context and then record on your Timeline:
a. Jeremiah 17:12
b. Genesis 12:2-4
c. Exodus 12
d. Hebrews 11:0-10
e. Jeremiah 1:1-3
Timeline of Gods People (cont.)
Heres a list of Scriptures

from this lesson youll want
to observe in context and then
record on your TimeLine
Genesis 15:7, 18-21

Daniel 7; 9:24-27
Haggai 2:3
Matthew 1:23-25
Matthew 4:17
Matthew 24
2 Thessalonians 2
Revelation 13
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
12 Tribes
Genesis 12:3
1st
Temple
1405 B.C.
627 B.C.
965 B.C.
Gen. 2:1-4
2nd
Temple
586 B.C.
516 B.C.
4 B.C.
1445 B.C.
Egypt
Moses
1525 B.C.
Babylon
3rd
Temple
A.D.
70
A.D.
1917
A.D.
7 years
1948
1,000
3
A.D.
Diaspora
70
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T OD AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 15:18-21;
16:1-21; 17:12
Exodus 20:14, 17
Isaiah 2:2-4
This Time I Will Make Them Know!

1. Carefully study Jeremiah 16:1-12, marking every reference to idol(s)
I and Jeremiah.
a. Why does God command Jeremiah to not marry and have children in this place? What is likely to happen to the
children?
b. How many types of judgment are coming?
c. What two things does God tell Jeremiah to do and why? Are there times when we cannot console people who have lost
loved ones?
Ezekiel 14:13
Daniel 4:35
Romans 5:3-5
Colossians 3:5
Hebrews 12:6
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T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 15:13; 17:1-27;

20:5
Leviticus 16:18
2. Now observe Jeremiah 16:13-21.

a. What will God do to the people in the land? Where is he taking them and when?
b. Are they going to familiar territory? What will they do when they get there and why?
c. Is Babylon their final destiny?
d. What will God first do before He restores Israel and why? (Is this measure of judgment common? Cf. Isaiah 40:2;
Revelation 18:6.)
Gods Sanctuary for Sabbath Rest

1. Observe Jeremiah 17:1-10, marking all references to wealth
$ (riches, treasures, prosperity, etc.) with a green dollar sign.
a. What characteristic of sin comes to mind when you read the vivid word-pictures engraved, iron stylus, and diamond
point?
b. How do the two memories in verse 2 connect (cf. v. 3s high places)? What fact lies behind this connection?
c. Why does God call the people His mountain in the countryside?
Job 42:5
Psalm 119:71
Isaiah 45:7
Mark 9:48
Hebrews 13:8
2 Peter 3:4
Revelation 20:12
2. Now continue your observations, studying 17:11-27, marking every reference to Sabbath with a big 7.
a. If we rebel against the Lord, what can we expect Him to do with our prosperity? (Cf. v. 3 with 15:13 and 20:5.)
b. Where does a partridge get eggs it has not laid? What kind of fortune does Jeremiah describe in verse 11?
c. According to verse 13, what two things happen to the wicked? (Cf. the books [plural] in Revelation 20:12.)
d. Why does Jeremiah say and I will twice in verse 14? Is Jeremiah certain, or does he doubt?
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Jeremiah 1:7-10; 17:12, 21,

24-27; 18:1-23
Genesis 2:1-3
Exodus 20:8-11; 31:12-14
Leviticus 23:1-3
Numbers 6:25; 15:32
Isaiah 45:7; 65:2
Ezekiel 14:13
John 8:34, 26
Romans 9:21
2 Timothy 2:20
Hebrews 4:9; 3 4
Judgment & Restoration

1. Review Jeremiah 17:17. (Next to Jeremiah 17 write down cross-references Exodus 20:8-11, Leviticus 23:1-3, and Numbers 15:32.)
a. What choices for kings does Israel have and on what bases?
b. What does the Sabbath signify according to Genesis 2:1-3?
c. What does Gods Sanctuary have to do with the Sabbath?
2. Now lets pick up with Jeremiah 18. Carefully observe the entire chapter.
a. What happened to the shape the potter was forming on the wheel?
b. What did the potter do about it and why?
c. Who does the clay represent? Does God have rights over things He created? Is He limited in what He can do? Just in all He does?
d. What kinds of vessels does the potter shape according to Paul in Romans 9:21? (Cf. 2 Timothy 2:20-22.)
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Jeremiah 6:14; 19:1-15;

20:1-5; 23:5
Exodus 34:11-17
Numbers 32:23
Deuteronomy 6:4
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Gods Justice
a. What does God tell Jeremiah to buy and who does He tell him to gather together?
b. Whats the significance of the location Ben-Hinnom (Cf. 2 Kings 23:10; Jeremiah 7:31; 19:6; 32:35. Ben means son
[of ].)
c. Why is God bringing calamity on this place? What place?
d. According to verses 6-9 what judgments is God bringing on the Valley of Ben-Hinnom, Judahs counselors, Jerusalem, and
those who sacrifice their children?
Psalms 97:2; 139:13

Amos 3:6
Matthew 25:32-41
Luke 10:27
Philippians 2:10-11
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T O D AY S T EX T

16:19; 17:17; 20:5-18
Numbers 32:23
Isaiah 66:24
Matthew 28:19-20
John 12:24
Galatians 2:20
2 Timothy 4:7-18
Titus 3:15
1 Peter 3:15
2. Now continue your observations on Jeremiah 19:10-15.

a. What does God tell Jeremiah to do with the potters jar?
b. What do the jar and the breaking represent? What will God do and how do we know it will be permanent (v. 11)?
c. Do verses 11-13 fulfill the new name for Topheth in verse 6?
The Burning Word Within!

1. Now carefully observe Jeremiah 20:11-18.
a. What contrast does the but in verse 11 point to? What is contrasted?
b. Why will Jeremiahs persecutors stumble? Can we count on God to humiliate people that oppose our message and lifestyle?
c. How badly have others in the Bible (besides Jeremiah) been humiliated and forsaken? (Cf. Mark 14:50; 2 Timothy 4:16-18;
Hebrews 11:35-38.) Have you been humiliated and forsaken for your faith?
d. What is a dread champion and how does it help Jeremiahs cause?
e. Notice how Jeremiah drops from a mountain of praise (vv. 11-13) into a valley of depression (vv. 14-18), where he sounds
like he wishes he either hadnt been conceived or had been aborted.
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Jeremiah 20:9, 14; 21:1-14;

22:1-5
Deuteronomy 30:1
Psalms 24:10; 111:10
Too Far Gone?

1. As you carefully observe Jeremiah 21:1-6, Mark every reference to siege / besiege like this:
a. Is Zedekiah worried? What does he tell Passhur and Zephaniah to do and on what basis? (What does his perhaps imply?)
b. How does Jeremiah respond to these two? How does his answer first sound good and then turn bad? Why do you think he
did this?
c. How far will the Babylonians outside the wall get and why? Whos behind their success? Are our nations defenses
weakening?
Isaiah 2:4
Lamentations 3:22-23
Galatians 6:8
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T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 20:7-15; 22:2-16

2 Kings 23:35-30
2 Chronicles 35:20-25
Psalm 116:15
2. Now lets finish the chapter. Study Jeremiah 21:7-14.Will everyone perish from the pestilence, sword, and famine?
Weep For The Captives!

a. List the three justices God demands from Judah in verse 3.
b. What does God promise Judah if they do these things?
c. What does God threaten if Judah does not do these things?
d. How radical is the contrast between Gilead and Lebanon (vv. 6-7)?
e. When nations ask why the Lord destroyed Jerusalem, what are the people to say?
2. Now I want you to go to 2 Kings 23 to pick up the historical context that will carry us through the rest of the book of
Jeremiah. Immediately, well read about Josiah, Shallums father. Read verses 23-30.
a. How is Josiah described in verse 25? What are some of the things he did? (vv. 24-25; compare with Jeremiah 22:15-16.)
b. Why did Gods wrath continue to burn against Judah according to 2 Kings 23:26?
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Program 40 Passing Kings and Kingdoms & The Enduring Throne of God
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 2:5; 4:1-2; 5:1;

7:5-6; 9:24; 10:24; 12:1;
21:12; 22:3, 13-30; 23:1
Genesis 18:19-20
2 Samuel 8:15
2 Kings 22:2; 23:30-34
Psalms 97:1-2; 106:1-3
Isaiah 1:16-17; 40:10; 61:8
1. Lets do some cross-referencing to see what the Word says about justice.
a. What is Gods rule based on? (Psalm 97:1-2)
b. Accordingly, who does God bless? (Psalm 106:1-3)
d. How did David rule his people? (2 Samuel 8:15) What were Israels former king and judges like before David came to power?
e. Does God prefer justice? (See the contrast in Isaiah 61:8.)
f. Is the assumption that God is unjust one reason why people abandon Him? (Jeremiah 2:5)
2. Now lets pick up some more historical context to help understand Jeremiah better. Study 2 Kings 23:30-34.
a. In our last lesson we left off with Pharaoh Neco reluctantly killing Josiah. What happened after this (vv. 30-31) and whos
Jehoahaz?
b. How did Shallum behave before God? What happened to him?
c. How did Pharaoh Neco punish Judah and who did he promote to rule next?
d. Did Shallum (Jehoahaz) ever return to his native land?
e. So generally, what happens to those who scatter Gods flock or dont seek justice and execute righteousness? Has any nation or
leader not answered to God?
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Jeremiah 1:1-2; 2:8;

23:1-2
Genesis 46:31-32; 48:15-16;

49:24
2 Chronicles 34:14-21, 33;
35:20-24
Good and Bad Shepherds I

a. What are these shepherds (rulers) doing to the Lords flock (cf. Jeremiah 2:8) and what will God do with them?
b. Who do you think these shepherds were? (Hint: what four kings followed good king Josiah? What were they like and what
did they do?)
d. What did Jesus say about gathering and scattering in Matthew 12:30?
e. Did Israel have an understanding of what a true shepherd is from its history? What do you learn from:
Psalms 116:15
i. Genesis 46:31-32?
Daniel 11:32
ii. Genesis 48:15-16?
John 10:28
1 Corinthians 15:58
2 Corinthians 5:8
1 Peter 2:8
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T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 2:8; 3:15-17;

6:1-3; 22:11, 18, 24;
23:1-2
Genesis 1:1; 2:24; 3:20;

49:25
2 Samuel 5:1-2
Isaiah 44:28; 66:24
Ezekiel 38:1-23
Daniel 9:24-27
Zechariah 14:2
Matthew 7:14
Luke 12:40; 16:19-31
John 14:6
Acts 4:12; 17:26
Revelation 20:11-15
iii. Genesis 49:24?

f. What ultimate security do we have in the Good Shepherd according to John 10:28?
Good and Bad Shepherds II

1. Lets take a look at this Judgment. Carefully study Revelation 20:11-15.
a. Where is this judgment held? Whats the significance of the phrase no place was found for them?
b. What kinds of people face this judgment? Whats written in the books to judge the dead? (vv. 12, 15)
f. Whos cast into the lake of fire? Why is this a simple logical (either/or) matter? (Cf. John 3:3, 36; 14:6; Acts 4:12.)
g. What do we know about this place from Isaiah 66:24?
2. Now lets go back to Jeremiah 23. Review verses 1-2.
a. Who are these shepherds again?
b. What are they destroying and howwhat are they doing and not doing?
c. To see that shepherd frequently means rule (good rule), review the prior lesson and observe:
i. 2 Samuel 5:1-2
ii. Isaiah 44:28
iii. Jeremiah 2:8; 3:15-17; 6:3. When will these verses in chapters 3 and 6 be fulfilled?
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T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 1:12, 17; 10:1921; 12:10; 17:15-16;

22:22; 23:1-14
Genesis 1:2
Exodus 14:21, 28
Deuteronomy 30:1-20; 32:11
Proverbs 11:21
Daniel 9:26
Amos 3:6
Matthew 25:31-46
Luke 21:5-6
John 10:11
Philippians 2:15
Hebrews 13:20
1 Peter 1:10-12, 16; 5:4
2 Peter 3:4
Revelation 19:15
Program 44
T O D AY S T EX T
Jeremiah 6:14; 23:13-22, 34

Genesis 18:17, 20-32

Psalm 119:102
Isaiah 61:2
Amos 3:6
Joel 2:1-2
Matthew 12:36; 24:11, 36
John 16:13
Acts 20:27-29
1 Peter 4:11
Jude 3-4, 15, 20-24
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As the Lord lives, who . . .

1. Explain the contrast introduced by Jeremiah 23:3. What will the Good Shepherd of Israel do in contrast with what the evil
shepherds did?
2. Continue reading chapter 23: verses 4-6.
a. What will God do, when, and what will the people do?
b. Will the people be afraid of enemies and scatterings any longer? (Remember to answer from the text.)
c. What/Who will God raise up for David and when will He come? (Cf. Zechariah 14:4, Matthew 24 and 25, and Revelation
19:15.)
d. Will Judah and Israel be safe in His days? When will these days arrive? (Cf. Zechariah 13 and 14; Matthew 24 and 25;
Romans 11:25-32; Revelation 19:11-21.)
e. How does the material of His rod explain what kind of shepherd Jesus will be? (Revelation 2:27; 12:5; 19:15; cf. Psalm 2:9.)
Standing in Gods Council

1. Re-read Jeremiah 23:1-18, marking prophets with a black (for false) megaphone. Well pick up at verse 13.
a. Who did Samarias prophets prophesy by and what was the result?
b. How about Jerusalems prophets?
c. What two kingdoms are covered by a. and b.?
d. Do we have fornicating prophets today? Why does it happen?
e. Does the coupling of religious authority and fornication impact others? (v. 14) Why and how does it strengthen evil?
What has the fallout in America been like?
2. Continue your study, observing Jeremiah 23:18-22.
a. Whats the prerequisite for any anyone seeing and hearing Gods Word according to verse 18?
b. Whats certainly coming and how long will it last? (vv. 19-20)
c. What last days is Jeremiah referring to? (Cf. Isaiah 61:2; Joel 2:1, 2; Matthew 12:36; 1 Thessalonians 5:2 for last
days references.)
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Jeremiah 1:2, 12, 14;

23:22-40; 24:1-10
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Good and Bad Figs

1. Carefully study Jeremiah 23:23-31.
a. Can anyone hide from God? Why not? (Cf. Numbers 32:23; Psalm 137:8, 9; Hebrews 4:13). Do the wicked try anyway? (See
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Numbers 22:28-30; 32:23

2 Kings 24:8-15
Ezra 1:1-14
Hebrews 1:1-3
1 Peter 4:17
Revelation 22:18-19
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a. Are there true and false dreams?
b. Besides lying, what sin do the false prophets do and why is it reckless (v. 32)?
c. Do false prophets benefit themselves or others?
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b. Why are the captives considered good? What will God do with them in the long run? Why are those who remain in the
land and those who flee to Egypt bad? What will God do with them?
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Getting the Most from This Study

Thats my vision for us as believers! Wont you help us spread it to others?

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Jeremiah 1:1-3; 20:14

Deuteronomy 28:49-53, 58-59

Jeremiah 1:4-17; 29:11

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All I Command You Shall Speak!

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Jeremiah 1:11, 16; 2:5, 8-19

The Saddest Verse in Jeremiah

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Jeremiah 2:6, 8-9, 13, 18,

Disappointed with God?

Did you know...

Visit www.PreceptsForLife.com to study onlineon your

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Return Faithless One!

2. Now, more carefully examine 3:1-5.

Jeremiah 3:1-3, 9, 13,

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Jeremiah 3:1-10, 12, 14,

Too Far from the Lord?

1 Kings 11:1-13; 12:25-33

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Jeremiah 3:22; 4:1-31;

Sound the Alarm!

Go Deeper With Others

Find a group near youTV viewers call

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Jeremiah 5:1-5; 7:28; 9:3

Genesis 37:18-36; 42:8-20

Jeremiah 3:22; 4:1-31;

O Lord, Do Not Your Eyes Look for Truth?

Veered Off Course?

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Jeremiah 5:7-14, 29, 31

Playing the Harlot

Matthew 5:28; 15:17-20

Romans 1:16-18, 21-32

Jeremiah 1:17; 2:13, 37;

Genesis 10:10; 15:18; 26:3-5;

The Everlasting Nation

Ezekiel 11:18-19; 13:16

ii. How can we apply this truth today?

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Jeremiah 1:11-12; 5:3,

Every One . . . Greedy for Gain!

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Jeremiah 1:2, 5, 12,

Accurately Reflecting God

i. What does the phrase imply?

ii. Why is it repeated three times?

d. List the amends God is looking for.

e. How does God describe Himself in Exodus 34:6?