Jeremiah 11:1-12:17 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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Do Not Pray For This People
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Memory Verse: Jeremiah 11:14
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Introduction
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MAP OF THE ASSYRIAN EMPIRE
MAP OF THE BABYLONIAN EMPIRE
MAP OF THE PERSIAN EMPIRE IN 500 B.C.
MAP OF THE KINGDOMS OF JUDAH AND ISRAEL
MAP OF JERUSALEM AND THE TEMPLE
ISRAEL'S HISTORY
OLD TESTAMENT BOOKS TIMELINE
ISRAEL'S KINGS AND PROPHETS TIMELINE FROM BABYLON TO ROMAN CONTROL OVER ISRAEL

I. The Covenant Broken (11:1-17)

1. What did the Lord remind Judah of? (1-2) What kind of person did not obey everything in the covenant? (3-4; Galatians 3:10-14) What kind of turmoil does the law create in us? (Romans 7:14-25)

2. What cause and consequences was Jeremiah to proclaim to all Judah? (6-8) What's the cause and result of a stubborn heart?

3. What's a conspiracy? (9) What was Israel and Judah's conspiracy? (10) What was the result? (11-13)

4. What did the Lord tell Jeremiah that he had told him before and would again? (14, 7:16, 14:11-12) Were their meat sacrifices enough to take away sin? (15-16; Hebrews 10:1-7) What was the result of sin? (17; and 2 Kings 21:10-12, 23:26-27, 24:3-4)

II. Shut Up or Die Jeremiah (11:18-23)

5. How did Judah receive Jeremiah's messages? (18-19) What does this reveal about our fallen state? (John 3:19-21) How did Jeremiah respond? (20)

6. What threats were breathed out against Jeremiah? (21) How did the Lord respond? (22) What is a remnant? (23)

III. Jeremiah's Complaint and the Lord's Answer (12:1-17)

7. What question did Jeremiah have? (1-2) And what complaint? (3a; James 1:2-3, 12) What did he ask the Lord to do? (3b-4)

8. What did the Lord tell Jeremiah about the reason for his tests? (5-6; and 1 Corinthians 11:32; Hebrews 12:4-13)

9. Who does the Lord love and hate? (7-9) Who was Judah's shepherds and what did they do? (10-11) What will the Lord do to them? (12-13)

10. What does the Lord promise Judah and its neighboring countries? (14-17) How does this reveal God heart for all the earth? (John 3:16-18)