Jeremiah 24:1-25:38 Questions by Stephen Ricker
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Seventy Years of Captivity
Questions for Study 19

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I. Two Baskets of Figs (24:1-10)

1. When did this event take place? (1a) What did the Lord show Jeremiah? (1b-3)

2. What did the good figs represent? (4-7) What did he promise them? Who were they? (Daniel 1:1-9)

3. What did the Lord say about the poor figs? (8-10) What can be learned about God's justice? (Revelation 20:11-13)

II. Seventy Years of Captivity (25:1-14)

4. When did the following message come to Jeremiah? (1-3) What was the message of the prophets to Judah? (4-6) What was the result of their ministries? (7)

5. Because they refused to repent what would happen to them? (8-11) What will happen to Babylon, the tool of God's wrath after seventy years? (12-14) What were they guilty of? (Isaiah 13:11, 14:3-6)

III. The Cup of God's Wrath (25:15-38)

6. What did the Lord tell Jeremiah? (15-16) What nations drank from the cup? (17-26) Why was it impossible for them to escape it? (27-29)

7. What does this prophecy concern? (30-31) What will happen in those days? (32) What did Jesus say about it? (Matthew 24:6-8)

8. How great will the slain be when Jesus comes again? (33; Isaiah 13:11-13)

9. What does the Lord tell the shepherds to do? (34-38) Who do they represent?