Women cooked their own children for food.Ĭ) We see the punishment of God’s people. He kindled a fire in Zion that consumed her foundations.īut their punishment will end after this punishment.ġ0) The Lord has given full vent to his wrath he has poured out his fierce anger. The enemies and foes entered the gates of Jerusalem. The Lord himself has scattered them he no longer watches over them. The priests are shown no honor, the elders no favor. The Lord’s anointed, our very life breath, was caught in their (the enemies’) traps. God will punish their sin and expose their wickedness.ġ1) It’s good. It helps to keep me accountable and prevent me from sin. God’s judgment is just everything He does is just. Conclusions BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 27, Day 4: Lamentations 4 I think it’s helpful to know you are being watched, so you don’t sin. It can be hard to read the troubling consequences of sin and God’s punishment. End Notes BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 27, Day 4: Lamentations 4 Yet, it serves as a lesson to us to not do/be the same. Jeremiah uses comparison and contrast to point out how the people used to be versus what they are now. Jeremiah laments the loss of the people who were as precious as gold. Everyone was punished by God no one was exempt. It is so bad that women cooked their own children for food. The people wandered the streets, stepping on dead bodies and defiling themselves. The people were scattered and were shunned everywhere they went. *As an Amazon associate, I earn from qualifying purchases No one could escape as the Babylonians pursued them.Įdom was happy Jerusalem had fallen, but they would be punished soon for their sins. Zedekiah did evil in the eyes of the Lord. It was because of the Lord’s anger that all this happened to Jerusalem and Judah, and in the end he thrust them from his presence. Now Zedekiah rebelled against the king of Babylon. Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon besieged Jerusalem in response. The city was taken and Zedekiah was captured. T he king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes he also killed all the officials of Judah. Jehoiachin king of Judah was freed by the new king of Babylon, but still was exiled. BSF Study Questions People of the Promise: Kingdom Divided Lesson 26, Day 5: Jeremiah 52ġ2a) Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon besieged Jerusalem in response. The people were starving, the city was taken, and Zedekiah was captured. Nebuchadnezzar burned Jerusalem, including the temple. He took away the artisans, leaving the poor to work the fields. The city was looted.ī) Zedekiah was captured. T he king of Babylon killed the sons of Zedekiah before his eyes. Then he put out Zedekiah’s eyes, bound him with bronze shackles and took him to Babylon, where he put him in prison till the day of his death.Ĭ) The temple was where God dwelled.
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