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 Adult Bible Study Guide

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 Jeremiah6i78ittan

Biblical Hebrew is sprin,ledwith idio!s+ words+ or phrasesthat !ean so!ething di9erent(ro! what they i!!ediately

say

"n ea!ple is mi-yittan,which is co!posed o( two;ebrew words: mi, which is

the interrogative .who< and

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 Jeremiah6i78ittan

n the ;ebrew =ible+ thisphrase epresses the idea o(

a wish+ o( a desire+ o(

so!eone wanting so!ethingbadly

n Deuterono!y 5:2>+ goingover the history o( ?odsprovidences+ 6oses re!inds

the children o( srael about

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 Jeremiah6i78ittan

"ccording to 6oses+ the 3ord+pleased with their re@uest+then said: . A .Oh+ that they

had such a heart in the! thatthey would hear 6e and

always ,eep all 6yco!!and!ents (NKJV). %he word translated .Oh<

 8es+ it is mi-yittan. 

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 Jeremiah6i78ittan

 %his use o( mi-yittan revealsthat even ?od wont tra!ple

on (ree will Bbecause the

!o!ent ;e did+ itwould no longer be (reeC

( ever one boo, o( the Old %esta!ent revealed the realityo( ?ods desire (or hu!ans to

obey ;i!+ and the hu!an

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 JeremiahOur ?oal

To read the boo, o( ere!iah+ is to ta,e a Eourney+

a spiritual Eourney that goesbac, and (orth (ro! thelowest depths o( hu!an

depravity to the heights andgrandeur and !aEesty o( the3ordF

the 3ord who+ (ro! those

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 Jeremiahontents

  1 The Prophetic Calling of Jeremiah  2 The Crisis Within and Without  G The Last Five Kings of Judah  H ebu!e and etribution

  5 "ore Woes for the Prophet  I #$mbolic %cts  J The Crisis Continues  K Josiah&s eform

  > Jeremiah&s 'o!e10 The (estruction of Jerusalem11 The Covenant12 Bac! to )g$pt

1G Lessons From Jeremiah

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 Jeremiah3esson 1+ October G

 %he &rophetic alling

o"   ere!iah

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#he $ro%hetic &allin' o" JeremiahLey %et

 ere!iah 1:5 NLM

. ABefore * formed you in

the wo!b ,new you be(oreyou were born sancti)edyou ordained you a prophet

to the nations

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#he $ro%hetic &allin' o" Jeremiahuic, 3oo,

1 ere!iah+ the Levite(Jeremiah -*a)

2 ere!iah+ the ProphetF1 (Jeremiah +, *)

G ere!iah+ the ProphetF2 (Jeremiah -)

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#he $ro%hetic &allin' o" Jeremiahnitial *ords

We !now more about the li(eo( ere!iah than we do about

any other Old %esta!entprophet

 %he biographical (acts in his

boo,help us understand better hiswor, as a prophet ere!iah

had such an e9ect on history

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#he $ro%hetic &allin' o" Jeremiah1 ere!iah+ the 3evite

 ere!iah 1:175a NLM.The word of ere!iah theson o( ;il,iah+ o( the priests

who were in "nathoth+ in theland o( =enEa!in+ to who! the

word o( the 3ord ca!e in thedays o( osiah+ ,ing o( udah

 %hen the word o( the 3ord

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. Jeremiah, the e/itea!ily =ac,ground

The prophet had an ealtedlineage

." !e!ber o( the 3eviticalpriest7hood+ ere!iah had been

trained

(ro! childhood (or holy servicen those happy years o(preparation

he little realized that he had

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. Jeremiah, the e/itea!ily =ac,ground

 %he priests were to be the!oral and spiritual leaders o(

the nation they had beengiven i!portant roles that

i!pacted !ost every area o(

the nations spiritual li(e'o!e had been (aith(ul to

that tas, others abused and

violated it in wa s that we

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. Jeremiah, the e/itea!ily =ac,ground

"s we will soon read in theboo, o( ere!iah+ the prophet

had very strong words tospea, against these un(aith(ul

priests+ who had proved

unworthy o( theresponsibilities and callingthat they had been

entrusted with

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#he $ro%hetic &allin' o" Jeremiah2 ere!iah+ the &rophetF1

 ere!iah 1:H+ 5 NLM

.Then the word o( the 3ord

ca!e to !e+ saying: A=e(ore (or!ed you in the wo!b ,newyou be(ore you were born

sancti)ed you

ordained you a prophet to

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0. Jeremiah, the $ro%het1 %he &rophets

The prophets+ according totheir calling+ were deter!inedprotectors o( ?ods law %heystood on the ground o( the

covenant and the %en

o!!and!ents (Jer. 02).6icah G:K gives one su!!aryo( the prophets wor,+ which

was .to declare unto acob his

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0. Jeremiah, the $ro%het1 %he &rophets

 %his tas, involved greatresponsibility: i( they told thetruth+ these power(ul people

could ,ill the! but i( theydid not represent the truth+

?ods Eudg!ent could alsoco!e upon the!

 %o be a prophet is a heavy

calling+ and (ro! what we can

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0. Jeremiah, the $ro%het1;is &rophetic alling

 ere!iah didnt waPe inregard to who called hi! ;ewas very clear all through theboo, o( ere!iah+ that whathe was spea,ing was .the

word o( the 3ord+ which hadco!e to hi! %his (ervent conviction is

what enabled hi! to press on

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0. Jeremiah, the $ro%het1;is &rophetic alling

?od chose ere!iah to be aprophet be(ore his birth ?od

set hi! aside (ro! the!o!ent o( his conception (orthis prophetic role

 %hese tets dont teach pre7eistence or predestinationthey teach+ instead+ ?ods

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#he $ro%hetic &allin' o" JeremiahG ere!iah+ the &rophetF2

 ere!iah 1:I7> NLM.Then said *, A"h+ 3ord ?odQ

=ehold

cannot spea,+ (or a! ayouth

=ut the 3ord said to !e: ADonot say+ . a! a youth  %hen the 3ord put (orth ;is

hand and touched !y !outh+

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3. Jeremiah, the $ro%het10Reluctant &rophet

He immediatel$ tal!edabout his inability to spea,

well+ as did 6oses saiah+ too+in his response+ !ade !entiono( his !outh+ his lips

 %hey ,new that+ whatever elsetheir calling involved+ it would

involve spea,ing and

i h h h

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3. Jeremiah, the $ro%het10Reluctant &rophet

and+ as such+ would beresponsible (or proclai!ingthose !essages to others

!agine having to standbe(ore hostile leaders or

unruly people and give the!sharp words o( rebu,e andwarning %he reluctance o(

these soon7to7be ro hets is

3 J i h h $ h 0

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3. Jeremiah, the $ro%het10Reluctant &rophet

 %he prophet is ?ods witnesshis Eob is to spea, not (orhi!sel( but (or ?od alone

 ere!iah wasnt called to )ndsolutions to the proble!s o(

the nation or to beco!e agreat leader who! the peoplewould (ollow

ere!iah had the singular

3 J i h h $ h 0

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3. Jeremiah, the $ro%het10Reluctant &rophet

 %he e!phasis here is not onthe hu!an or on hu!anpotential it is on ?ods

sovereignty and power alone

 %he prophet was to point the

people to the 3ord+ in who!alone was the solution to all

their proble!s

#h $ h ti & lli " J i h

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#he $ro%hetic &allin' o" Jeremiahinal *ords

 Jeremiah&s lot in li(e wasnta happy one ;is calling

brought hi! su9ering+ woe+reEection+ even i!prison!ent

'o !any o( these troubles

ca!e (ro! the very oneswho! he was see,ing to pointin the right direction

%hus he pre)gured what esus