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Jeremiah 50 · Grade 5

The Hammer Broken

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Jeremiah 50 and 51 form a massive oracle against Babylon, the climax of the prophecies to the nations. For decades Jeremiah had told Judah to submit to Babylon. Now he announced that Babylon too would answer to God. Babylon had served as God's instrument, but it went far beyond its task with arrogance and cruelty. How the hammer of the whole earth is cut apart and broken!

The judgment on Babylon is woven with promises of a new exodus. Israel and Judah, divided for many years, would come together, weeping and seeking Yahweh. They would join themselves to Yahweh in an everlasting covenant, echoing the new covenant of chapter 31. Israel is a hunted sheep, scattered by Assyria and then Babylon, but God would bring Israel again to his pasture.

The chapter's high point is forgiveness. The iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none, also the sins of Judah, and they won't be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant. God is named as Israel's strong Redeemer, a kinsman who takes up a family member's cause. Jeremiah 51 names the kings of the Medes as the ones God would stir up against Babylon (51:11).

Show What You Know

  1. Why was Babylon judged though it was God's instrument?

  2. What earlier chapter does the everlasting covenant echo?

  3. What is a redeemer?

  4. What is God named in this chapter?

Crossword

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Across

  1. I will bring Israel again to his ____.
  2. My people have been ____ sheep.

Down

  1. Their ____ have caused them to go astray.
  2. They have turned them away on the ____.
  3. My people have been lost ____.

Think About It

  1. What does it mean that God, like a kinsman redeemer, takes up his people's cause?

  2. How can God's complete forgiveness change the way a person lives?

Memory Verse

“In those days, and in that time,” says Yahweh, “the iniquity of Israel will be sought for, and there will be none, also the sins of Judah, and they won’t be found; for I will pardon them whom I leave as a remnant.”

Jeremiah 50:20 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for finding lost sheep. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • When do you feel lost?
  • How can you thank God for forgiving?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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