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Jeremiah and Lamentations: Babylonian Crisis

  1. Lesson One
    The Prophet Jeremiah (Jeremiah 1–6, 26–29, 35–38)
    19 Activities
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    4 Assessments
  2. Lesson Two
    Jeremiah: Idolatry and Anguish (Jeremiah 39–51)
    20 Activities
  3. Lesson Three
    Jeremiah: Shame and Dignity (Jeremiah 7–20)
    21 Activities
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    1 Assessment
  4. Lesson Four
    Jeremiah: A Future Hope (Jeremiah 21–25, 30–34)
    21 Activities
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    2 Assessments
  5. Lesson Five
    Lamentations
    21 Activities
  6. Course Wrap-Up
    Course Completion
    1 Activity
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    1 Assessment
Jeremiah and Lamentations: Babylonian Crisis Lamentations In | Workbook: The Unthinkable Thought
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[Record your answers in the workbook provided at the beginning of this course.]

In this somewhat stomach-turning correspondence between the curses of Deuteronomy 28 and the situation in Lamentations, we can see that God is doing in this moment what He promised He would do back in the time of Moses. God hasn’t walked away from His people, but rather, He is judging His people for disobedience. They are still His people.

The upside to all the miseries of the book of Lamentations is that they do not have to think the Unthinkable Thought. There is still hope because God is still their God. If they return to Him, and obey His voice, the blessings from the first part of Deuteronomy 28 will be experienced again.

  1. Read Deuteronomy 28:1-6. What language from this Scripture would have been most encouraging to those who experienced the fall of Judah and Jerusalem, and were now in exile? Explain your answer in your workbook. (Highlight phrases in YouVersion or in your workbook.)