Chapter 7
1. For what two purposes did Sherezer and Regem-Melech come to the house of God?
2. What was God’s message to the people of the land and the priests in verses 5-7?
3. What instructions did God give in verses 9-10? Were these new instructions?
4. What did God say about their fathers in verses 11-12?
5. What did He say He had done in response?
Chapter 8
1. What did God say about His attitude towards Zion in verse 2?
2. What would happen as a result? (verses 3-5)
3. What is the answer to God’s question in verse 6?
4. What would be God’s relationship with His people from verses 7-8?
5. List the three contrasts between the way things were in the past and the way things would be in the future from verses 9-15.
6. What further instructions does God give them in verses 16-17?
7. What would happen during their fasts? Who would come to them?
8. Why would men grasp the sleeve of a Jewish man?