Here are the discussion questions for this week:

PART ONE (Verses 20-28)

1.      What type of person did God compare the children of Israel to based on their behavior? (Verse 20)

2.      What substance could not take away the sins of Israel? (Verse 22)

3.      When God instructed the children of Israel to abandon their sinful behavior, what was their response? (Verse 25)

4.      Instead of acknowledging God as their Father and Creator, what did the Israelites acknowledge as their father and creator? (Verse 27)

5.      In times of trouble the Israelites would seek God. What did God say His response would be to their prayers? (Verse 28)