Study
4 From the Book of Jeremiah is: Jeremiah
5 and 6
Further
indictments of Judah (5:1-5 -all classes are alike corrupt), warnings of coming
judgment, and depictions of the invasion and its effects.
1.
Make a list of the main sins charged against the people.
Are we in danger of any of these
sins? Note especially Judah’s response to God’s word and messengers.
2.
Was judgment inevitable? Was God not willing to pardon? What are
we taught here about the ‘kindness and severity of God’s (Rom. 11:22)? Cf. Rom. 4:4, 5.
Notes
1.
6:1. Tekoa and Beth-Haccheram were a few miles south of
Jerusalem. The ‘signal’ (i.e., a beacon; cf. Jdg. 20:38) would alert the south,
or perhaps guide the refugees from Jerusalem.
2.
6:3. ‘Shepherds with their flocks’ here means kings and their
armies.
3.
6:16. ‘By the roads’: i.e., Judah must return to the cross-roads
to regain the right path. Cf. 18:15.
4.
6:27-30. Jeremiah’s work is described as that of a tester of
silver. But, no pure silver results from
the process of refining. Cf. 9:7.
