What was Judah’s sin?
Jeremiah 2-3:5
When Israel is referred to in this section of text it is specifically referring to Judah (Jeremiah 2:2). In scripture Israel can refer to multiple different peoples (Israel the combined kingdom, Israel the northern kingdom, Judah, Jacob…). For clarity in this lesson Judah is used instead of Israel.
Where was Jeremiah to go speak? Who instructed Jeremiah to go to? What was he to speak (generically)?
How did Judah act in its youth?
What was God’s first question? What was worthless?
What did Judah stop asking?
What was God’s second question? What was appalling about the answer?
What was Judah guilty of in 2:14-19?
List the illustrations that depict Judah’s stubbornness.
What did
God ask next (2:29)?
Had God left his people alone? Who left who?
What had Judah done (2:32)?
What did Judah claim?
Who had put Israel to shame and who would put Judah
to shame?
Would Judah succeed without God’s help?
How had Judah defiled the land?
Judah sought foreign alliances and God did not
approve. What about these alliances did
God not approve? What can we learn and
apply to our lives from this example?
From Jeremiah 3:1, what did Judah expect God to
do that was forbidden under the Mosaic Law?
Jeremiah 3:5 is a warning of impending judgment
on Judah because of past sins, it shows God’s patience is not limitless. What implications and applications
does this have for us today?
Why would Judah say they were innocent when their
sin was so obvious?