Study 6 From the Book of Jeremiah is: Jeremiah 8:4 – 9:22
Further exposure of the moral and spiritual plight of the
people, and descriptions of the coming judgment. Jeremiah’s heart is almost
broken.
1.
What specific charges does God level against His people in these
chapters? Are there any traces of these
faults in your own life?
2.
Consider the evidence this passage gives of the effects of sin
upon a nation’s morale and prosperity.
See, e.g., 8:14, 15:20; 9:5, 6.
3.
Compare 8:11 with Jeremiah’s anguish. What modern counterparts
to the former must we beware of? Are we ready to sorrow for others like
Jeremiah, and to keep on pleading with them as he did? See 25:3
Notes
1.
8:4-7. The sin of Judah runs counter to the pattern of
nature. Cf. Is. 1:3.
2.
8:20. Probably a proverbial saying expressing the thought that
it is too late.
