Here are the discussion questions for this week:

Part One (Verses 1-10)

1. According to verse 3, what will happen to the people if they did not obey the terms of God’s covenant?

2. In verse 4, what did God call the land of Egypt?

3. Instead of the children of Israel walking in obedience to God, what did they follow in verse 8?

4. According to verse 9, instead of God finding the people faithful to His covenant, what did God find them doing?

5. Instead of obeying God and progressing forward with a deeper commitment to serving Him, what behavior did the people display in the sight of the Lord according to verse 10?

Part Two (Verses 11-23)

1. In verse 11 God tells Jeremiah that he will bring evil upon the people. If the people prayed to Him for deliverance, how would God respond?

2. According to verse 13, how many strange and false gods did the children of Israel have?

3. Because of the judgement of God, what did God instruct Jeremiah not to do in verse 14?

4. What did the men of Anathoth tell Jeremiah to do and if he would not obey them, what did they tell Jeremiah they would do to him in verse 21?

5. In verses 22 and 23, what will God do to the people of Anathoth for threatening Jeremiah?