Tuesday, July 10, 2012

History

1.Multiple choice: In Jeremiah , when God promised to rebuild Israel, He reminded them that He had loved them with what kind of love? (a) Everlasting ; (b) brotherly; or (c) saving.

2. To which country did the people left in Jerusalem by the Babylonians flee because  they feared  Nebuchadnezzar? (a) Egypt; (b) Arabia; or (c) Persia.

3. Where did the Babylonian's overtake the army of Zedekiah when they fled Jerusalem? (a)  The Valley of Hinnom; (b) the plains of Jericho; or (c) the Valley  of Salt.



1. (a) Everlasting (Jer. 31:3)

2. (a) Egypt (Jer. 43:3,4,7). Some of those left in Jerusalem had conspired to kill the governor appointed by Nebuchadnezzar, so all the residents feared to stay in the city and face Babylonian reprisals (41:1,2 ).

3. (b) The plains of Jericho (Jer. 52:8 ). 

Monday, July 9, 2012

History

1. Multiple choice: Which king of Judah sent Pashhur, the priest, to Jeremiah to find out what could be done to stop Nebuchadnezzar from attacking? (a) Josiah; (b) Zedekiah; or (c) Hezekiah.

2. Question: How long did Jeremiah say the Jews would serve the king of Babylon?

3. True or false? Hilkiah the prophet took the yoke off Jeremiah's back and broke it.



1. (b) Zedekiah (Jer.21:1,2).


2. Seventy years (Jer. 25:11). Both Daniel and Ezra would find encouragement and instruction from this portion of Jeremiah's prophecy Dan. 9:2; Ezra 1:1).

3. False. Hananiah did (Jer. 28:10). Hananiah was a false prophet trying to encourage a spirited defense against the Babylonians by predicting victory for the Jews (v. 15).


Saturday, July 7, 2012

History

1. Multiple choice: Which king of Judah was "buried with the burial of a donkey,Dragged and cast out beyond the gates of Jerusalem"? (a) Jehoahaz; (b) Jehoiakim;or (c) Jehoiachin.

2. Which king of Judah was told that none of his descendants would "prosper, Sitting on the throne of David, And ruling anymore in Judah"? (a) Jehoahaz; (b) Jehoiakim; or (c) Coniah.

3.Who put Jeremiah in stocks because of his prophesying ? (a) Zedekiah; (b) Pashhur (c) Baruch.



1. (b) Jehoiakim (Jer. 22:18, 19).


2. (c) Coniah or Jehoiachin or Jeconiah (Jer. 22:28, 30 ).


3. (b) Pashhur (Jer. 20:2 ).

Thursday, July 5, 2012

History

1. Multiple choice: What two men, who had previously successfully interceded  for Israel, did God tell Jeremiah could not persuade Him now to look favorably on His people? (a) Moses and Abraham; (b) Samuel and Joshua; or (c) Moses and Samuel.

2. Because of which king, the son of Hezekiah, did God say He would hand His people " over to trouble, to all kingdoms of the earth"? (a) Manasseh; (b) Zedekiah; or (c) Josiah.

3. What place was renamed the Valley of Slaughter because of all the children who were sacrificed there to Baal? (a) Tophet; (b) Jerusalem; or Kidron Valley.


1. (c) Moses and Samuel (Jer. 15:1 ). Moses had interceded for the Lord's mercy toward disobedient Israel in the wilderness (Ex. 32:11-14; Num. 14:13-20). Samuel interceded for Israel in battle against the Philistines (1Sam. 7:8,9).


2. (a) Manasseh; (Jer. 15:4). Manasseh had reigned fifty-five years (2 Kin.,21:1). About him the Lord said, "He has acted more wickedly then all the Amorites who were before him" (v.11), and because of him the Lord promised, "I will wipe Jerusalem as one wipes a dish, wiping it and turning it upside down" (v. 13).


3. (a) Tophet (Jer. 19:6).

Tuesday, July 3, 2012

History

1. Multiple choice: Because Jeremiah prophesied in the name of the Lord, the men of what city conspired to kill him? (a) Jerusalem; (b) Tekoa; (c) Anathoth.

2. What phrase does Jeremiah use repeatedly to describe Israel's disobedient behavior? (a)"Everyone walked in the imagination of his evil heart"; (b) "reprobate and reprehensible";or (c) "evil and vile-hearted."

3. God told Jeremiah to hide the sash in a rock at what place that was a symbol of captivity and exile to His people? (a) Jericho; (b) Assyria; or (c) the Euphrates.
1. (c) Anathoth (Jer. 11:21). Jeremiah was from Anathoth which was a city for the priests in the land of  Benjamin (1:1).


2. (a) "Everyone walked in the imagination of his evil heart" (Jer.7:24;11:8)


3. (c) The  Euphrates (Jer. 13:4).

Monday, July 2, 2012

History

1. Fill in the blank: When Jeremiah describes Jerusalem's approaching destruction in his second sermon, he refers to her as "the daughter of --------."

2. Multiple choice: What did Jeremiah wish he could do because his people were all adulterous and treacherous men? (a) Leave them; (b) reform them; or (c) betray them.

3. Why did God not want His people to " learn the way of the Gentiles"? (a) Because of their wealth; (b) because of their idolatry ; (c) because  they were uncircumcised.


1." Zion"  (Jer. 4:31)

2. (a) Leave them (Jer. 9:2). He  would leave them in grief rather then anger or disgust (v1).

3. (b) Because of their idolatry (Jer. 10:1-5 ).

Sunday, July 1, 2012

History

1.Fill in the blank: According to Jeremiah's second semon to Judah, they should have known to turn to God, because of the example of the unfaithful  northern kingdom of ------- .

2. In his second sermon, when Jeremiah called for Israel and Judah to return to God, he referred to them as "------- children ."

3. Multiple choice: As a sign that they had truly returned to God, Jeremiah told the men of Judah and Jerusalem that they must circumcise their: (a) Minds; (b) children; or (c) hearts.





1. Israel (Jer. 3:6-8).


2. "Backsliding" (Jer. 3:12, 14, 22 ).

3. (c) Hearts (Jer. 4:4) Moses, Jeremiah, and Paul all used this metaphor to suggest becoming more sensitive spiritually (Deut. 10:16; Jer. 9:25,26; Rom.2:28,29).