Guiding Questions: Jeremiah 3

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. To what Deuteronomic (divorce) legislation does Jeremiah 3:1 refer?
  2. What actions have adulterated the land (Jeremiah 3:2)?
  3. What natural disaster was a consequence?
  4. In Jeremiah 3:6 who is the “to me”?
  5. Was the hope that Israel would finally return to God realized (Jeremiah 3:7)?
  6. Why is Judah mentioned in Jeremiah 3:8?
  7. Yet, does the charge to the prophet (Jeremiah 3:12) indicate Divine dismay or hope?
  8. What contemporaneous High Holy Day action is derivative of Jeremiah 3:14 (and Jeremiah 3:22)?
  9. And if there is “return”, what will result (Jeremiah 3:16-18)?
  10. From whence will succour come (Jeremiah 3:23)?
  11. Is the current transgression precedented in Israel (Jeremiah 3:25)?

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