Study
3 From the Book of Jeremiah is: Jeremiah 3:6 – 4:31
1.
3: 6-20. What is he
offence of Judah? And what aggravated it in the eyes of God? What forms does
this sin take today? Cf. Jas. 4:4; 1 Jn. 5:20, 21. What does God offer, and on
what conditions?
2.
Trace the process of restoration as outlined in 3:21 – 4:4. What
is meant by such phrases as ‘Break up your fallow ground’ and ‘Circumcise
yourself to the Lord’? Cf. 9:26; Dt. 10:16; Rom. 2:28, 29.
3.
4:5-31. A vivid picture of the approach of an invader from the
north. What place does he have in the
purposes of God?
Notes
1.
3:8. An allusion to the conquest of northern Israel in 721 BC by
the Assyrians.
2.
3:10. See Note on 3:4.
3.
3:14. ‘Master: in the sense of ‘husband’. Cf. verses 19, 20 for
similar mixing of metaphors from the family.
