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Lesson 9 · February 27, 1892

Jeremiah Persecuted.—Jer. 37:11-21

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(Memory Verses, 15-17.)

Golden Text.—"I am with thee, saith the Lord, to deliver thee." .

  1. 1.Who was Jeremiah the prophet? .

Notes

Jeremiah (appointed by Jehovah) began prophesying about seventy years after Isaiah's death, or 629 B. C., continuing forty-two years. He was contemporary with Zephaniah, Habakkuk, and Ezekiel.

  1. 2.When was he ordained to be a prophet? .
  2. 3.What assurance did God give him in his work? .
  3. 4.How far-reaching was to be his work? .
  4. 5.By what means did he become the arbiter of these nations? Ans. By proclaiming the word of God as to the conditions of their continued existence. See .
  5. 6.Did Jeremiah begin his work expecting an easy task? .
  6. 7.What promise did he have of God's protection? .
  7. 8.What did Jeremiah predict concerning the nations round about Judah in whom she trusted? .
  8. 9.How were his words regarded by prophets and princes? .
  9. 10.What shows that King Zedekiah had some confidence in Jeremiah? .
  10. 11.Yet did he follow the advice of the prophet? .
  11. 12.When the army of Babylon retired before the host of Egypt, did it shake Jeremiah's confidence in his predictions? .
  12. 13.Where did Jeremiah attempt to go? .

Notes

Boothroyd reads the latter part of , "To the possession which he had in the midst of the people." Jeremiah felt that his work for Jerusalem was done, and he wished to retire to the quiet village of Anathoth.

  1. 14.With what was he charged? and how was he treated? .
  2. 15.After he had been there many days, what did the king do? .
  3. 16.What plea did he make? and how did he reprove the king? .
  4. 17.How did the king relieve the prophet? .
  5. 18.What persecution did Jeremiah further endure? See note.

Notes

After this, as stated in the following chapter, the prophet continued to warn the people that their safety lay in yielding themselves to the king of Babylon, when, at the instigation of the princes, the weak and vacillating king permitted him to be cast into a deep dungeon, in the bottom of which was filthy mire. He was rescued from this living death by a friendly Ethiopian, by permission of the king, who again sought his advice; but the king was too morally weak to follow it. Jeremiah remained in the prison court till the city was taken. In all these trials he proved loyal and faithful to God.

  1. 19.What lesson is there in this for us? .
  2. 20.Whose lot was preferable, Jeremiah's or his persecutors'? , first part; .
  3. 21.Why may we rejoice under such trials? ; .
  4. 22.Of what may we be assured in every trial that comes to us while we are in the way of the Lord? Golden text.

Bible texts in this lesson

Jeremiah 1:19 · Jeremiah 1:1 · Jeremiah 1:4 · Jeremiah 1:5 · Jeremiah 1:6-9 · Jeremiah 1:10 · Jeremiah 18:7-10 · Jeremiah 1:15-17 · Jeremiah 1:18 · Jeremiah 25:9-11 · Jeremiah 20:1 · Jeremiah 20:2 · Jeremiah 26:10 · Jeremiah 26:11 · Jeremiah 37:3 · Jeremiah 37:2 · Jeremiah 37:5-10 · Jeremiah 37:11 · Jeremiah 37:12 · Jeremiah 37:13-15 · Jeremiah 37:16 · Jeremiah 37:17 · Jeremiah 37:18-20 · Jeremiah 37:21 · James 5:10 · James 5:11 · 1 Peter 4:14 · Romans 5:3-5 · 1 Peter 4:13

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