Guiding Questions: Jeremiah 44

This is part of the Tanakh Yomi Project.

  1. The opening verses summarize what has happened — basically a refusal to “listen” to whom?
  2. Now, the latest transgression is the refusal to do what?
  3. Is idol worship being practiced by the Jewish group in Egypt?
  4. What, then, is to become of the Jews in Egypt (Jeremiah 44:12)?
  5. What is the response to Jeremiah?
  6. According to the “argument” in Jeremiah 44:17-18, idol worship brought peace and plenty. When did the troubles ensue?
  7. Jeremiah (Jeremiah 44:23) clearly indicates that inefficacious “worship” is unaccompanied by what?
  8. The proof, as set forth in Jeremiah 44:29-30, is what?
  9. Historically, did the events involving Egypt and Babylonia unfold as Jeremiah anticipates?

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