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Jeremiah 6 · Grade 5

Rest for Your Souls

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Jeremiah 6 sounds an alarm. Jerusalem was told to flee and to blow the trumpet, because disaster was looking out from the north. The army is described as cruel and without mercy. The warning was meant to bring people to their senses while there was still time.

At the center of the chapter is an invitation. Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths. The image is of a traveler at a crossroads who stops to ask which path is good. The old paths were not simply old habits. They were the covenant ways God had taught Israel, and walking in them would bring rest for their souls. Yet the people answered that they would not walk in it.

Jeremiah also exposed a deeper sickness. From the least to the greatest, people were greedy for gain, and prophet and priest dealt falsely. They healed the hurt of the people superficially, saying Peace, peace, when there is no peace. God compared Jeremiah to a tester of metals, and the result was rejected silver that would not be refined.

Show What You Know

  1. What does the crossroads image teach?

  2. What were the old paths?

  3. How had the leaders treated the people's hurt?

  4. What did the metal test show?

Crossword

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Across

  1. That you may know and try their ____.
  2. And you will find ____ for your souls.
  3. And you will find rest for your ____.

Down

  1. I set ____ over you.
  2. And ask for the old ____.

Think About It

  1. The people heard the invitation and refused it. What makes it hard to change direction even when we know the right way?

  2. Why is false comfort dangerous? How can a friend be both kind and honest?

Memory Verse

Yahweh says, “Stand in the ways and see, and ask for the old paths, ‘Where is the good way?’ and walk in it, and you will find rest for your souls. But they said, ‘We will not walk in it.’

Jeremiah 6:16 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for leading me on the good path. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • What does rejected silver picture?
  • How can we listen better to God's word?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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