Major Prophets - Jeremiah/Lamentations

"Yaweh establishes"

meaning of the name Jeremiah

627 B.C. - 582 B.C.

dates for Jeremiah

from mother's womb

When Jeremiah was ordained to the prophetic office

Jeremiah

most psychological prophet

True

True/False: Jeremiah was from a priestly line.

20

age at which Jeremiah began his ministry

586 B.C.

fall of Jerusalem

Baruch

scribe who assisted Jeremiah

"weeping prophet"

another name for Jeremiah

unconditional surrender

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

Hilkiah

Jeremiah's father

66

number of times word "heart" is used in Jeremiah

Christ

falsely believed to be Jeremiah come back to life

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

six ways in which Jesus and Jeremiah were similar

Jerusalem

city both Jeremiah and Jesus wept over

destruction of Temple

what both Jeremiah and Jesus foretold

political treason

what Jeremiah and Jesus were both accused of

Habakkuk, Zephaniah, Daniel, Ezekiel

four writing prophets who also ministered during Jeremiah's ministry

7

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

discovery of Mosaic Law in Josiah's 18th year

last spiritual revival of Judah

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

Babylon

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

iron pillar, bronze wall

what God promised to make Jeremiah

awake tree

another name for the almond tree

first tree to bud and bear fruit

why the almond tree is called the "awake tree"

north

direction the boiling pot was facing in Jeremiah's vision

Babylonians

the people the boiling pot represented

Jeremiah 1:10

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

13

number of messages of judgment in Jeremiah

9

number of general messages of judgment

4

number of specific messages of judgment

priests, pastors, prophets

three groups of people Jeremiah singles out

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

Four pictures describing Judah's insatiable lust for idols

Valley of Hinnom

where the Jews would sacrifice their own children

towns

Judah had as many gods as _______________.

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

what Jeremiah likens Judah's spiritual adultery to

to find one righteous person

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

chapters 7-10

chapters for Jeremiah's Temple address

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

why Jews thought God would not punish them

"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

dug up and spread like dung

what Jeremiah said would happen to the nobles bones'

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

why Jeremiah 10:11 is written in Aramaic

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

three restrictions placed on Jeremiah

Valley of Hinnom

also served as the city dump

"valley of slaughter"

what God renamed the Valley of Hinnom

toph

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

Pashur

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

Linen belt and bottles

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

how God would smash/destroy Judah

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

millennial reign

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

Sabbath Law of 7yr Land Rest

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

ease, tranquility

meaning of the name Pashur

hope of repentance replaced with certain judgment

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

Zedekiah

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

Shallum

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

605 B.C.

first deportation to Babylon

Jehoiakim

king whose body was dumped outside the city like a donkey

Jehoiakim

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

Jehoiachin

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

538 B.C.

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

70

number of years captivity in Babylon

topically

how Jeremiah's messages of judgment are arranged

536 B.C.

Cyrus decrees that the Jews may return

full cup

what God's wrath is pictured as in Jeremiah 25

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

what the basket of good figs represented

Zedekiah, other survivors in Israel and Egypt

what the basket of bad figs represented

Tribulation (Rev. 6-19)

ultimate fulfillment of God's wrath

Micah

prophet cited in defense of Jeremiah

Urijah

faithful prophet hunted down all the way to Egypt and killed

a yoke

represented Babylonia's rule

True

True/False: The false prophets only proclaimed peace.

False

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

Hananiah

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's death, iron yoke of judgment

what Jeremiah prophesied in response to Hananiah's false prophecy

597 B.C.

Nebuchadnezzar attacks Jerusalem (under Johoiachin), second deportation occurs

Book of Consolation

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

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

three aspects of the New Covenant

purchase of his cousin's field

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

586 B.C.

Jerusalem's walls destroyed

character of God

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

Zedekiah

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

Recabites

faithful people contrasted with Judah to show Judah's unfaithfulness

poems

Lamentations consists of 5 ____________.

Jehoiakim

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

588-586 B.C.

siege of Jerusalem, ending in its destruction

Nebuchadnezzar

destroyed Jerusalem in 586 B.C.

3

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

30 months

length of Nebuchadnezzar's final siege of Jerusalem

Ebed-melech

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

Nebuzaradan

Babylonian officer familiar with Jeremiah's ministry

Gedaliah

who the Babylonian officer Nebuzaradan urged Jeremiah to find protection under

Ishmael son of Nethanial

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

Johanan

chased after caravan of captives trying to flee back to Ammon

Azariah, Johanan

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

where Nebuchadnezzar would set his throne when he captured Egypt

what the stones buried by Jeremiah represented

house of the sun

meaning of the name Beth-shemesh

Beth-shemesh

"house of the sun"

Central Park, Thames River

two different locations of obelisks from the time of Hieropolis

True

True/False: Baruch had a brother on the king's official staff

Baruch

forced to emigrate to Egypt with Jeremiah

False

True/False: Jeremiah identifies the sins of the nations like the other prophets

Egypt, Philistia, Moab, Ammon, Edom, Damascus, Arabia, Elam, Babylon

nine gentile nations Jeremiah proclaimed judgment on

Seriah

Baruch's brother and Zedekiah's chamberlain

tie a rock to it and let it sink into the river

what Seriah was to do with Jeremiah's message once he finished reading it before the Babylonian officials

fall of Babylon

what Seriah's sinking of Jeremiah's message to the Babylonian officials represented

God is the God of all nations, God is first and foremost the God of holiness and righteousness, God's judgments never vindictive but vindicative, Judgment is God's strange work, God is impartial

five principles that underlie all Biblical prophecy

561 B.C.

date of writing of final chapter of Jeremiah

Chapter 52

chapter of Jeremiah identical to the events of II Kings 24:18-25:30

"to cry aloud"

meaning of Lamentations

alas

first word of Lamentation's Hebrew text

"limping meter"

what the first four poems of Lamentations are written in

special occasions

Lamentations is among the five scrolls read in synagogues for centuries for _____________ _______________________.

alphabetic acrostics

what the first four chapters of Lamentations are

served as mnemonic device, aided in grief management, pointed to final resolution of the grief

reasons author chose to used acrostic pattern for first four poems

city widowed

First Lament

a people broken

second lament

a prophet suffers

third lament

a kingdom ruined

fourth lament

a nation prays

fifth lament

first lament

a city widowed

third lament

a prophet suffers

fifth lament

a nation prays

second lament

a people broken

fourth lament

a kingdom ruined