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Jeremiah 14 · Grade 5

Work for Your Name's Sake

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Jeremiah 14 opens with Yahweh's word concerning the drought. The description is vivid and painful. Nobles sent their little ones to the waters, but they found no water and covered their heads. Because the ground was cracked, the plowmen were disappointed. The doe abandoned her newborn, and wild donkeys panted like jackals because there was no grass.

The people responded with confession. Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name's sake, Yahweh. They called him the hope of Israel and asked why he should be like a foreigner or a traveler who stays only a night. Yet you, Yahweh, are in the middle of us, and we are called by your name. Don't leave us. God answered that the people loved to wander, and he told Jeremiah not to pray for their good. Their fasting would not change a heart that refused to turn.

Jeremiah protested that the prophets were promising lasting peace. God replied that the prophets were prophesying lies in his name, and he had not sent them. The chapter ends with Jeremiah's lament and a closing confession of trust. Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? The answer is no. Only Yahweh, who has made all these things, can, and so the people would wait for him.

Show What You Know

  1. How did the drought affect even the animals?

  2. What did the people ask God to do despite their iniquities?

  3. Why would fasting not help?

  4. What do the closing questions affirm?

Crossword

43512

Across

  1. They come to the cisterns, and find no ____.
  2. Because no ____ has been in the land.
  3. You ____ of Israel.

Down

  1. They sit in black on the ____.
  2. And we are called by your ____.

Think About It

  1. The people knew the right words of confession, but God said they loved to wander. How can confession become real?

  2. Waiting for God can be hard. What does it look like to wait for God with trust?

Memory Verse

“Are there any among the vanities of the nations that can cause rain? Or can the sky give showers? Aren’t you he, Yahweh our God? Therefore we will wait for you; for you have made all these things.”

Jeremiah 14:22 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for sending rain. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can we wait for God?
  • What can we thank God for when it rains?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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