Guiding Questions: Jeremiah 38

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. What reason do those who wish Jeremiah killed, argue before the king (Jeremiah 38:4)?
  2. And how does the king respond?
  3. Is Jeremiah, then, doomed (Jeremiah 38:6)?
  4. What is a “Kushi” and what role is he given in this narrative (Jeremiah 38:7-10)?
  5. Does the king appear “consistent”?
  6. Why is the advice given by the Kushi to Jeremiah in Jeremiah 38:12?
  7. Has Jeremiah decided to prophesy no more (Jeremiah 38:14-15)?
  8. Does Jeremiah rely on the (vacillating) king’s oath or resume his mandate, oath to the contrary notwithstanding?
  9. What does Jeremiah urge on the king?
  10. And what does the king fear?
  11. As recorded in Jeremiah 38:28, what course will the king have taken and with what result?

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Perek Yomi materials originally produced by the USCJ and Dr. Morton K. Siegel.
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