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Jeremiah 25 Translation Questions
Q? Who did Jeremiah the prophet proclaim this word to?
A. He proclaimed the word to all the people of Judah and all the inhabitants of Jerusalem. [25:1-2]
Q? How long had Jeremiah been proclaiming Yahweh's words?
A. He had been proclaiming them for 23 years. [25:3-4]
Q? How had the people received the words Jeremiah had proclaimed?
A. They had not listened. [25:3]
Q? What did the prophets tell each man?
A. They told each man to turn from his wicked way, not to worship other gods, and not to provoke Yahweh with what they did. [25:5-6]
Q? What harm did Yahweh do because they did not listen?
A. Yahweh sent the people of the north with Nebuchadnezzar to destroy them. [25:7-9]
Q? What sounds will disappear from these nations when they serve the king of Babylon for seventy years?
A. The sound of celebration and the sound of work will disappear. [25:10-11]
Q? What will happen in seventy years?
A. Yahweh will punish the people of Babylon for their iniquity. [25:12-14]
Q? What will all the nations do when Yahweh gives them his cup of fury?
A. They will drink it, stumble about, and rant madly. [25:15-16]
Q? What happened after Jerusalem, the cities of Judah, and her kings and officials drank from the cup that Jeremiah gave them?
A. They turned into ruins. [25:17-18]
Q? What was the final nation to drink of the cup of Yahweh's fury?
A. Babylon was the last to drink of the cup of Yahweh's fury. [25:26]
Q? What will happen if the nations refuse to take the cup from Jeremiah's hand?
A. They will be punished anyway. [25:27-29]
Q? Whom will the disaster from Yahweh kill?
A. It will kill everyone from one end of the earth to the other. [25:32-33]
Q? Why are the shepherds wailing?
A. It is their day to die. [25:34-36]
Q? Why were the peaceful pastures destroyed?
A. Yahweh was angry. [25:37-38]