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Jeremiah 9 · Grade 5

Understanding and Knowing God

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Jeremiah 9 opens with the prophet's tears. Oh that my head were waters, and my eyes a spring of tears. Jeremiah was so troubled by the faithlessness around him that he longed to escape to a lodging place in the wilderness. The chapter also calls for mourning women to lament, because disaster and death were coming to Jerusalem and Judah.

The heart of the problem was deceit. They bend their tongue, as their bow, for falsehood. Friends deceive each other, and will not speak the truth. Every brother would supplant and every neighbor would slander. God summed it up, saying that through deceit they refuse to know him. Lying to others and refusing God went together.

Against this, God set out what is worth boasting in. Not wisdom, might, or riches. But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me. God described himself as Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth. Knowing God means sharing in what he delights in. In the New Testament, Paul quotes this idea, telling believers to boast in the Lord (1 Corinthians 1:31).

Show What You Know

  1. What did Jeremiah long to escape to?

  2. How are lying and refusing God connected in this chapter?

  3. What three things did God say not to boast in?

  4. How does God describe himself in verse 24?

Crossword

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Across

  1. And they don’t ____ me.
  2. Don’t let the wise man glory in his ____.

Down

  1. That I am Yahweh who exercises loving ____.
  2. Don’t let the rich man glory in his ____.
  3. Don’t let the mighty man glory in his ____.

Think About It

  1. Lying to others and refusing God went together. Why might dishonesty with people affect our relationship with God?

  2. If knowing God is the best thing to boast in, how might that change what you work hardest at?

Memory Verse

But let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness on the earth, for I delight in these things,” says Yahweh.

Jeremiah 9:24 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for letting me know You. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How can we use words to help?
  • What does it mean to understand God?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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