Study 26 From the Book of Jeremiah is: Jeremiah 37 and 38
Although Egypt had been decisively defeated by the armies of
Babylon at Carchemish twenty years before (46:2), now a new king had arisen in
Egypt who sought to oppose Nebuchadrezzar’s south advance. He sent an army,
while Nebuchadrezzar was besieging Jerusalem, whose approach forced the
Chaldeans to raise the siege. This
excited great hope, but Jeremiah was not deceived. The Chaldeans, he said,
would come back and burn the city with fire.
1.
How do these tow attests of Jeremiah illustrate 1:18, 19? His
arrest seems to have contributed to his safety (37:21). Should we expect to
find God’s goodness in our hardest experiences? Cf. Ps. 23:4; Acts 27:21-25.
2.
Which do you think were harder to beat-the physical, sufferings
or the reproaches hurled at him? Why did he not keep silent and so escape
censure? See 20:7-11; Acts 4:18-20; 5:29.
3.
What can we learn from the character of Zedekiah as revealed in
these chapters? Cf. Pr. 29:25a; Jas. 1:8.
Note. 37:12. ‘To take over some property among his own people’
