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Weekly Guide：Week 82

August 18, 2019

Week 82 Day 1: Punishment of Moab ⇧ ⇩

Forward

We continue to read the Book of Jeremiah this week. Jeremiah regain freedom, was favored by the king and given the right to settle in Babylon. However, with the heart of a shepherd, Jeremiah chose to stay put.

Jeremiah knew it was God’s will to restore the remnant of Judah who were carried off to Babylon in exile. Jeremiah loved the land and its people as a shepherd. He made a hard choice in his service, but it was a clear choice. Life would have been easy in Babylon where he was respected, but Jeremiah, a faithful servant and prophet, gave up his own comfort and prosperity like a true shepherd.

May you all be renewed in God’s word each day!

Question

What would become of the Philistines and Moabites?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Jeremiah prophesied the day had come for the Lord to destroy all the Philistines and to remove all survivors who could help Tyre and Sidon.
Jeremiah prophesied the punishment to Moab, the woe to Nebo, the disgrace and capture of Kiriathaim and the shattering of Misgab.
Moab would be ashamed of Chemosh, as Israel was ashamed when they trusted in Bethel.
Moab had defied the Lord and ridiculed Israel, for her arrogance, her insolence, her pride, her conceit, and the haughtiness of her heart.
The fortunes of Moab would be restored.

Meditation: My Story

Identity - The destruction of the Philistines came from the Lord. Who is in control of the rise and fall of the nations today? How do I look at the politics of the world? How does my view affect me?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 82 Day 2: Punishment of Nations ⇧ ⇩

Question

What did Jeremiah say about the other nations?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Jeremiah prophesied the Ammonites’ punishment. Rabbah would become a mound of ruins.
The Lord would restore the fortunes of the Ammonites afterward.
The Lord would bring disaster on Esau at the time when He punishes him. Edom will become an object of horror.
Damascus had become feeble, she had turned to flee and panic had gripped her; anguish and pain had seized her.
Kedar and Hazor would be attacked, taken and carried off.
Elam would be scattered to the four winds, then restored.

Meditation: My Story

Identity - How did pride of the Ammonites, Kedar, Hazor, and Elam stand by the Lord? Where is my pride?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 82 Day 3: Destruction of Babylon ⇧ ⇩

Question

What was the source of Babylon’s destruction?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Babylon would be punished, captured, put to shame and Marduk would be filled with terror.
The people of Israel and the people of Judah together would go in tears to seek the Lord their God.
Announced once then again, the punishment of Babylon.
The people of Israel were oppressed, and the people of Judah as well. All their captors hold them fast, refusing to let them go.
A sword against the Babylonians, those who live in Babylon and against her officials and wise men!
The young of the flock will be dragged away; their pasture will be appalled at their fate.

Meditation: My Story

Identity - What is our responsibility when God’s chosen people are being devoured? Take a look at verses 17 and 18. What shall I do when facing those who have sinned and those who deserve punishment?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 82 Day 4: Destroy and Avenge ⇧ ⇩

Question

How did the Lord avenge against Babylon for Israel?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

The Lord would bring devastation to Babylon to avenge her abuse of the Israelites.
The Lord would stir up the spirit of a destroyer against Babylon and the people of Leb Kamai.
Israel and Judah have not been forsaken by their God, the Lord Almighty. Flee from Babylon! Run for your lives!
The Lord has stirred up the kings of the Medes, because His purpose is to destroy Babylon.
The Lord would dry up Babylon’s sea and make her springs dry. Babylon would be a heap of ruins, a place where no one lives.
Jeremiah had written on a scroll about all the disasters that would come upon Babylon. He asked Seraiah to read all these words aloud.
When finished reading this scroll, tie a stone to it and throw it into the Euphrates.

Meditation: My Story

Integrity - What was written about Babylon’s prosperity and standing in this chapter? But, Babylon fell to disgrace because she did not put a leash on her desires. How am I putting to proper use of the gift and privilege from God?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 82 Day 5: Siege then Capture ⇧ ⇩

Question

How was Jerusalem captured?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Zedekiah became king and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. He did evil in the eyes of the Lord.
King of Babylon marched against Jerusalem with his whole army. They encamped outside the city and built siege works all around it until the eleventh year of King Zedekiah. The whole army fled the city at night through the gate between the two walls near the king’s garden.
The king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes; he also killed all the officials of Judah. Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon.
Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came to Jerusalem. He set fire to the temple of the Lord, the royal palace and all the important buildings.
The Babylonians broke up the bronze pillars, the movable stands and the bronze Sea that were at the temple of the Lord. The commander of the imperial guard took away all that were made of pure gold or silver.
The commander of the guard took as prisoners Seraiah the chief priest, Zephaniah the priest next in rank and the three doorkeepers. The king of Babylon had them executed.

Meditation: My Story

Identity - Had Zedekiah reasons or just himself to blame for his miserable end? Are other people, fate, or God responsible for how my life is?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 82 Day 6: No One Comforts ⇧ ⇩

Question

How did Jerusalem describe her own pain?

Scripture Reading

Meditation: God’s Story

Jeremiah laments the capturing of the people of Zion. How deserted lies the city, once so full of people! Bitterly she weeps at night, tears are on her cheeks. All her friends have betrayed her; they have become her enemies.
Jerusalem describes the insufferable pain was inflicted on her, that the Lord brought on her in the day of His fierce anger.
Jerusalem admitted that the Lord is righteous, yet she rebelled against His command.
Jerusalem pleaded to the Lord to see that there’s no one to comfort her in her distress.

Meditation: My Story

Identity - Zion laments that her pain was the result of righteous judgment from the Lord. Does the suffering in the world today come from God’s judgment? What’s the source of suffering? How should I face suffering?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

Week 82 Day 7: Mend the Loose Ends ⇧ ⇩

Scripture Reading

Psalms 68 | [YouVersion]

Prayer

Notes and Responses

2022-2023 Week 82 Day 1: The Disaster Comes ⇧ ⇩

### Question How the Lord wanted the prophet to tell people His will? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah to tell the people: "Cursed is the one who does not obey the terms of this covenant." + To proclaim all these words in the towns of Judah and in the streets of Jerusalem: "Listen to the terms of this covenant and follow them." + Israel and Judah have broken the covenant, so the Lord will bring on them a disaster they cannot escape. + Do not pray for this people or offer any plea or petition for them. + The prophet brought a case before the Lord: "Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?" + For all my wicked neighbors who seize the inheritance I gave my people Israel, I will uproot them from their lands. But after I uproot them, I will have compassion and will bring each of them back to their own inheritance and their own country. ### Meditation: My Story + **Integrity** - The wicked, they are close to God on their lips but far from their hearts. Reflect on what comes out of my mouth with what is in my heart, do they match up? How may I ask God to help me?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

2022-2023 Week 82 Day 2: The Pride Ruined ⇧ ⇩

### Question How would the Lord ruin the pride of Judah? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + The Lord will ruin the pride of Judah and the great pride of Jerusalem. + These wicked people, who refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts. + The prophet wept in secret: "Because of your pride; my eyes will weep bitterly, overflowing with tears, because the Lord's flock will be taken captive." + The cities in the Negev will be shut up. All Judah will be carried into exile, carried completely away. + The Lord declares: "This is your lot, the portion I have decreed for you." ### Meditation: My Story + **Identity** - "Judah refuse to listen to my words, who follow the stubbornness of their hearts and go after other gods to serve and worship them, will be like this belt! For as a belt is bound around the waist, so I bound all the people of Israel and all the people of Judah to me," declares the Lord, "to be my people for my renown and praise and honor." We too, changed from rebellious through repentance to become His people. What am I doing today to glorify and give praise to God?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

2022-2023 Week 82 Day 3: Return for Rest ⇧ ⇩

### Question Why did Jeremiah pray to the Lord for the people? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + The word of the Lord that came to Jeremiah concerning the drought. + Jeremiah prayed to admit guilt, but the Lord wouldn't allow him to pray for the well-being of this people. + Jeremiah accused the false prophet to prophesy lies in God's name with false visions and delusions. + Jeremiah wept for the people's suffering. + The Lord would not go out to this people and told Jeremiah to send them away from His presence. + The prophet lamented about his own trouble where everyone cursed him. But the Lord promised to deliver him for a good purpose. + Jeremiah prayed God to remember and care for him. ### Meditation: My Story + **Fidelity** - Jeremiah prayed for the people to God not to leave them, even when being cursed by them and refused by God. Do I have the heart to love others' souls like the prophet and willing to pray for their salvation?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

2022-2023 Week 82 Day 4: They will Perish ⇧ ⇩

### Question How did God throw the people out of the promised land and then bring them back again? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + The Lord wanted the prophet to not marry and have sons or daughters for they will die of deadly diseases and will not be mourned. + The Lord said: "It is because your ancestors forsook me, I will throw you out of this land." + The Lord said: "The days are coming when I will restore them to the land I gave their ancestors." + The Lord, my strength and my fortress, my refuge in time of distress. + Judah's sin is engraved with an iron tool, inscribed with a flint point, on the tablets of their hearts and on the horns of their altars. + Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord. But blessed is the one who trusts in the Lord, whose confidence is in him. + The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? The Lord search the heart and examine the mind. + The people did not believe the prophesy: "Where is the word of the Lord? Let it now be fulfilled!" + Keep the Sabbath day holy by not doing any work on it. ### Meditation: My Story + **Integrity** - The heart is deceitful above all things and beyond cure. Who can understand it? We may even be deceived by our own deceitful heart. However, as believers, we already have the Holy Spirit in us to help us. So, God wants us not to rely on our own strength but to follow Jesus. How may I distinguish between the voice my own desire and the voice of the Holy Spirit?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

2022-2023 Week 82 Day 5: Like Potter's Clay ⇧ ⇩

### Question What example did the Lord use to show Israel of His wrath? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + The Lord's word came to Jeremiah told him to go down to the potter's house. Israel to the Lord as the clay in the potter's hand, the Lord can do to them as the potter does to the clay. + The Lord is preparing a disaster for Israel and devising a plan against them. So turn from each's evil ways and reform your ways and your actions. + The prophet prayed to the Lord to save him from the evil plans of his accusers. + The Lord said to Jeremiah to buy a clay jar from a potter then proclaim His word: "He will bring disaster on this place that will make the ears of everyone who hears of it tingle." Then break the jar and say: "He will smash this nation and this city just as this potter's jar is smashed and cannot be repaired." ### Meditation: My Story + **Fidelity** - The prophet prayed to the Lord to save him because Israel repaid good with evil and did not remember how he stood before the Lord to speak in their behalf. Have I ever been misunderstood and even got hurt? How may I call to God for His salvation?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

2022-2023 Week 82 Day 6: Ridiculed by Everyone ⇧ ⇩

### Question How was Jeremiah being laughed at? {% include BibleLinks2022.html %} ### Meditation: God's Story + The priest Pashhur, the official in charge of the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying so he had Jeremiah beaten and put in the stocks at the Lord's temple then released the next day. + Jeremiah said to Pashhur that the Lord would make him a terror to himself and to all his friends. + The prophet cried to the Lord that he was being ridiculed all day long, mock by everyone, and with terror all around. + The prophet knew the Lord was with him, his persecutors will stumble and not prevail. + The prophet was willing to be cursed the day he was born, mocked by everyone, and end his days in shame. ### Meditation: My Story + **Fidelity** - The Lord's word in the prophet's heart was like fire shut up in his bones, he was weary of holding it in. Do I have the same zeal as the prophet with the Lord's word and would spread the gospel like it is burning in my heart?

Prayer

Notes and Responses

2022-2023 Week 82 Day 7: Mend the Loose Ends ⇧ ⇮

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