Jeremiah 16 · Grade 4
Greater Than the Exodus
Read and Think
God made Jeremiah's own life a message. He told Jeremiah not to take a wife or have sons or daughters in this place. He was not to enter the house of mourning or the house of feasting. By staying away, Jeremiah showed that normal life in Jerusalem would soon be interrupted.
When people asked why such trouble was coming, Jeremiah was to explain that their fathers had forsaken God and that they had done even worse. God said his eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from his face.
Then came a surprising promise. People used to swear by the God who brought Israel out of Egypt. In the future they would swear by the God who brought Israel back from the land of the north and from all the countries where he had driven them. Jeremiah responded in praise, calling God his strength, his stronghold, and his refuge. He even saw nations coming from the ends of the earth to God.
Show What You Know
Why was Jeremiah told not to go to feasts or funerals?
What does God say about their ways?
What new rescue would be greater than the exodus?
Who did Jeremiah see coming to God?
Word Bank Fill-In
Use the word bank to fill in each blank.
- When people asked why such trouble was coming, Jeremiah was to explain that their had forsaken God and that they had done even worse.
- said his eyes are on all their ways.
- In the future they would swear by the God who brought Israel back from the of the north and from all the countries where he had driven them.
- Jeremiah responded in praise, calling God his strength, his stronghold, and his .
Think About It
Jeremiah's whole life became a message. How can our everyday choices show what we believe?
Why is it comforting that God sees all our ways?
Memory Verse
“For my eyes are on all their ways. They are not hidden from my face. Their iniquity isn’t concealed from my eyes.”
Jeremiah 16:17 (WEB)
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Prayer
Dear God, thank You for bringing Your people home. Help me . Amen.
Take It Home
For families: talk about these together.
- What is a refuge?
- Why would nations come to God?
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