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Jeremiah 1 · Grade 5

An Iron Pillar

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The opening verses set Jeremiah in history. He was the son of Hilkiah, one of the priests in Anathoth, and God's word came to him from the thirteenth year of King Josiah until the eleventh year of Zedekiah, when Jerusalem was carried away captive in the fifth month. His ministry therefore spanned the last decades of the kingdom of Judah.

God's call came with startling intimacy. Before Jeremiah was formed in the womb, God knew him; before he was born, God sanctified him and appointed him a prophet to the nations. Jeremiah objected that he was only a child and could not speak. God refused the excuse. Jeremiah must go wherever he was sent and say whatever he was commanded, and he need not be afraid, because God was with him to rescue him. God touched his mouth and set him over nations, to uproot and tear down, to build and to plant.

Two visions followed. The almond branch involved a wordplay, since God said he watches over his word to perform it. The boiling cauldron tipping from the north pictured kingdoms of the north coming against Jerusalem, because the people had forsaken God and worshiped the works of their own hands. Finally God made Jeremiah a fortified city, an iron pillar, and bronze walls. Kings, princes, priests and people would fight him, but they would not prevail.

Show What You Know

  1. What period of Judah's history did Jeremiah's ministry cover?

  2. How did God answer Jeremiah's objection that he was a child?

  3. What six verbs describe Jeremiah's task over the nations?

  4. What promise ends the chapter?

Crossword

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Across

  1. The ____ of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah.
  2. I have put my words in your ____.
  3. I see a branch of an ____ tree.

Down

  1. I have appointed you a ____ to the nations.
  2. The words of ____ the son of Hilkiah.

Think About It

  1. God called Jeremiah to a hard job and promised his presence rather than an easy path. Why might that promise be enough?

  2. How might knowing that God formed you on purpose change the way you face something difficult?

Memory Verse

They will fight against you, but they will not prevail against you; for I am with you”, says Yahweh, “to rescue you.”

Jeremiah 1:19 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for knowing me before I was born. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can a young person serve God?
  • What does it mean that people would not prevail?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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