Questions and CORRECT Answers
Immediate Doom but Ultimate Comfort and Salvation - CORRECT ANSWER - Key Concept
of Isaiah
Destruction of Jerusalem but Preservation of a Faithful Remnant - CORRECT ANSWER -
Key Concept of Jeremiah
Tears for Jerusalem - CORRECT ANSWER - Key Concept of Lamentations
Judgment but Restoration for the Lord's People - CORRECT ANSWER - Key Concept of
Ezekiel
"The Lord establishes" - CORRECT ANSWER - Meaning of 'Jeremiah'
"God strengthens" - CORRECT ANSWER - Meaning of 'Ezekiel'
Judah (before Exile) - CORRECT ANSWER - Audience of Jeremiah
Jews in Exile (Babylon) - CORRECT ANSWER - Audience of Ezekiel
Jeremiah - CORRECT ANSWER - from a priestly family in Anathoth and instructed not to
marry; known as the "weeping prophet"; an eyewitness of the fall of Jerusalem
Baruch - CORRECT ANSWER - Jeremiah's scribe
Josiah - CORRECT ANSWER - the last good king of Judah; king when Jeremiah was called;
brought reforms in the kingdom
, Jehoiakim - CORRECT ANSWER - one who burned Jeremiah's scroll; second son of Josiah
that would die an ignoble death without an honorable burial; confirmed by the Babylonians as
king
Jehoahaz - CORRECT ANSWER - first son of Josiah that would not return from captivity in
Egypt
Jehoiachin/Coniah - CORRECT ANSWER - son of Jehoiakim who was cursed that none of
his descendants would prosper ruling as king (Christ did not come from his lineage); taken
captive to Babylon but released at end of Jeremiah giving hope to people of Judah
Zedekiah - CORRECT ANSWER - last king of Judah; rebelled against Nebuchadnezzar;
looked to Jeremiah for advice but ultimately ignored him and did not submit to the Babylonians;
king that Nebuchadnezzar had sons killed in front of, then eyes plucked out
Nebuchadnezzar - CORRECT ANSWER - the Babylonian king that conducted waves of
captivity into Babylon; began as general of the Babylonian army then took the throne after father
died
The "confessions" - CORRECT ANSWER - Jeremiah's reflections on his ministry; reflects his
inner struggle of his message and its rejection by the people of Judah
Covenant curses - CORRECT ANSWER - basis of God's relationship with Israel; judgment
was coming upon Israel because of their unfaithfulness and their disobedience
The Address at the Potter's House - CORRECT ANSWER - image that the Potter can treat the
clay as He wills; displays the Lord's sovereign control over His people
The Address at the Potsherd Gate - CORRECT ANSWER - Jeremiah's message of coming
judgment on the idolatry of Judah; he then broke the earthen flask as a symbol of how the Lord
was going to break the people and the city in judgment