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Jeremiah 20 · Grade 5

Persuaded and Prevailed Upon

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Jeremiah 20 shows the cost of being a prophet. Pashhur son of Immer, the chief officer in Yahweh's house, heard Jeremiah's temple sermon. Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks at the upper gate of Benjamin. When he released him the next day, Jeremiah renamed him Magormissabib, terror on every side, and announced that Judah would go into captivity in Babylon.

The rest of the chapter is Jeremiah's most raw lament. Yahweh, you have persuaded me, and I was persuaded. Jeremiah felt overpowered by his calling and mocked all day. His message of violence and destruction made him a reproach. Even his familiar friends watched for him to stumble. Yet he could not quit. If he tried, there was in his heart as it were a burning fire shut up in his bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can't.

Remarkably, Jeremiah moved from complaint to confidence. But Yahweh is with me as an awesome mighty one. He committed his cause to God, who tests the righteous and sees the heart and the mind. He even broke into praise. Sing to Yahweh! Praise Yahweh, for he has delivered the soul of the needy from the hand of evildoers. Then, immediately, he cursed the day he was born. Scripture does not tidy up Jeremiah's emotions. It shows a faithful servant bringing both despair and praise to God.

Show What You Know

  1. Why did Pashhur strike Jeremiah?

  2. What image describes Jeremiah's inability to stay silent?

  3. How did Jeremiah move from complaint to confidence?

  4. What does the ending of the chapter show about Scripture?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Yahweh has not called your name ____.
  2. Heard ____ prophesying these things.

Down

  1. Because Yahweh’s ____ has been made a reproach to me.
  2. And carry them to ____.
  3. Who was chief officer in Yahweh’s ____.

Think About It

  1. Why might it help to know that faithful people in the Bible also felt despair?

  2. What does it mean to commit your cause to God when people treat you unfairly?

Memory Verse

“If I say that I will not make mention of him, or speak any more in his name, then there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones. I am weary with holding it in. I can’t.”

Jeremiah 20:9 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your word that burns in my heart. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can we help someone who is mocked?
  • What gives you courage to tell the truth?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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