Major Prophets - Jeremiah/Lamentations (copy)

meaning of the name Jeremiah

"Yaweh establishes"

dates for Jeremiah

627 B.C. - 582 B.C.

When Jeremiah was ordained to the prophetic office

from mother's womb

most psychological prophet

Jeremiah

True/False: Jeremiah was from a priestly line.

True

age at which Jeremiah began his ministry

20

fall of Jerusalem

586 B.C.

scribe who assisted Jeremiah

Baruch

another name for Jeremiah

"weeping prophet"

Jeremiah's one continual theme tat set him apart from other OT prophets

unconditional surrender

Jeremiah's father

Hilkiah

number of times word "heart" is used in Jeremiah

66

falsely believed to be Jeremiah come back to life

Christ

six ways in which Jesus and Jeremiah were similar

1.) similar historical setting 2.) message for Israel and world 3.)from high tradition 4.)accused of political treason 5.)tried, persecuted, imprisoned 6.) foretold destruction of Temple

city both Jeremiah and Jesus wept over

Jerusalem

what both Jeremiah and Jesus foretold

destruction of Temple

what Jeremiah and Jesus were both accused of

political treason

four writing prophets who also ministered during Jeremiah's ministry

Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Daniel, Ezekiel

number of kings of Judah that ruled during Jeremiah's ministry

7

last spiritual revival of Judah

discovery of Mosaic Law in Josiah's 18th year

Chapter 2-45

chapters focused on judgment on Judah

Chapters 46-51

chapters focused on judgment on Gentileations

judgment on Judah

theme of Chapters 2-45

judgment on Gentile nations

theme of chapters 46-51

more references to this nation in Jeremiah than anywhere else in the world

Babylon

what God promised to make Jeremiah

iron pillar, bronze wall

another name for the almond tree

awake tree

why the almond tree is called the "awake tree"

first tree to bud and bear fruit

direction the boiling pot was facing in Jeremiah's vision

north

the people the boiling pot represented

Babylonians

verse serving as the summation of Jeremiah's message--both of judgment and blessing

Jeremiah 1:10

number of messages of judgment in Jeremiah

13

number of general messages of judgment

9

number of specific messages of judgment

4

three groups of people Jeremiah singles out

priests, pastors, prophets

Four pictures describing Judah's insatiable lust for idols

1.) animal that broke its yoke 2.)good vine turned corrupt and wild 3.)irremovable stain 4.)animals in heat looking for a mate

where the Jews would sacrifice their own children

Valley of Hinnom

Judah had as many gods as _______________.

towns

what Jeremiah likens Judah's spiritual adultery to

a woman who divorced her first husband and remarried, never to return to her first husband

why God told Jeremiah to "run ye to and fro" throughout Jerusalem

to find one righteous person

chapters for Jeremiah's Temple address

chapters 7-10

why Jews thought God would not punish them

Solomon's Temple still standing, miraculous delivery from Sennacherib a century earlier

"The Temple of the LORD"

what the people chanted three times in a row as a talisman or good luck charm

Ishtar

Babylonian goddess of fertility, represented as Mary in Catholicism

what Jeremiah said would happen to the nobles bones'

dug up and spread like dung

why Jeremiah 10:11 is written in Aramaic

trade language of that day, wanted all to understand message of judgment

three restrictions placed on Jeremiah

1.) no marriage or children 2.) no funeral meals/ceremonies 3.)no entering houses with feasts

also served as the city dump

Valley of Hinnom

what God renamed the Valley of Hinnom

"valley of slaughter"

Hebrew word for "drum", often used as another word for hell

toph

Pashur

chief governor/high priest who ordered the first recorded physical act of violence against Jeremiah

symbolic act God had Jeremiah perform to gain the people's attention and show their complacency towards their spiritual condition

Linen belt and bottles

what the smashing of the bottles in the symbolic act with the linen belt and bottles represented

how God would smash/destroy Judah

When Israel will be returned to the land and enjoy God's blessing

millennial reign

one command Jeremiah focuses on that shows how far the people had departed from God

Sabbath Law of 7yr Land Rest

meaning of the name Pashur

ease, tranquility

how Jeremiah's message changes after the violence ordered by Pashur

hope of repentance replaced with certain judgment

sent his officials to request Jeremiah to enquire of the Lord about Nebuchadnezzar's attack on Jerusalem

Zedekiah

last king of Judah before the 70 years of Babylonian captivity

Zedekiah

son of King Josiah, only reigned 3 months before being dethroned by Egypt

Shallum

first deportation to Babylon

605 B.C.

Jehoiakim

king whose body was dumped outside the city like a donkey

king possibly assassinated to appease Nebuchadnezzar's wrath over the attempted rebellion

Jehoiakim

king who was taken to Babylon after a 3 month siege of Jerusalem to live out the rest of his life

Jehoiachin

king who would never have a son sit on the throne of David again

Jehoiachin

small number of Jewish captives return to Israel (after Cyrus' decree in 536 B.C.)

538 B.C.

number of years captivity in Babylon

70

how Jeremiah's messages of judgment are arranged

topically

Cyrus decrees that the Jews may return

536 B.C.

what God's wrath is pictured as in Jeremiah 25

full cup

what the basket of good figs represented

exiles from Judah God promised to watch over and bring back to land

what the basket of bad figs represented

Zedekiah, other survivors in Israel and Egypt

ultimate fulfillment of God's wrath

Tribulation (Rev. 6-19)

prophet cited in defense of Jeremiah

Micah

faithful prophet hunted down all the way to Egypt and killed

Urijah

represented Babylonia's rule

a yoke

True/False: The false prophets only proclaimed peace.

True

True/False: The author of Lamentations is stated as Jeremiah

False

false prophet who interrupted Jeremiah's preaching in the Temple to declare God had broken Babylon's yoke and that all of the Temple vessels, Jeconiah, and the captives would be restored in two years

Hananiah

what Jeremiah prophesied in response to Hananiah's false prophecy

Hananiah's death, iron yoke of judgment

Nebuchadnezzar attacks Jerusalem (under Johoiachin), second deportation occurs

597 B.C.

series of prophecies offering hope to God's people, looking beyond the exile and return; written before final judgment

Book of Consolation

three aspects of the New Covenant

1.) God will replant land with offspring of 12 tribes and silence proverbial curse 2.)internalization of Word through Holy Spirit, peoples' sin paid by Divine substitute, nation's survival guaranteed 3.)permanent place provided in Jerusalem

Jeremiah's act of obedience and action of faith that God would redeem the land for His people

purchase of his cousin's field

Jerusalem's walls destroyed

586 B.C.

greatest argument for the perpetuity of Israel and her full and final restoration

character of God

king who covenanted with all the people to release all Jewish slaves, possibly to impress God

Zedekiah

faithful people contrasted with Judah to show Judah's unfaithfulness

Recabites

Lamentations consists of 5 ____________.

poems

king who burned Jeremiah's scroll and then ordered Jeremiah and Baruch be arrested

Jehoiakim

siege of Jerusalem, ending in its destruction

588-586 B.C.

destroyed Jerusalem in 586 B.C.

Nebuchadnezzar

number of times Jerusalem's destruction is mentioned elsewhere in the OT

3

length of Nebuchadnezzar's final siege of Jerusalem

30 months

God promised comfort to him because he proved his trust in God by interceding for Jeremiah's life

Ebed-melech

Babylonian officer familiar with Jeremiah's ministry

Nebuzaradan

who the Babylonian officer Nebuzaradan urged Jeremiah to find protection under

Gedaliah

assassin sent by Ammon who killed Gedaliah and the Babylonia soldiers stationed at Jerusalem

Ishmael son of Nethanial

chased after caravan of captives trying to flee back to Ammon

Johanan

accussed Jeremiah of lying when he prayed for 10 days and told them to return to Jerusalem, not flee to Egypt

Azariah, Johanan