Chevy Chase Presbyterian Church

Lay Academy

The Worst is Yet to Come -- Jeremiah/Lamentations

Peter Combes – January 28, 2001

(The answers to the following may be multiple, or "none of the above")

 

1.    Jeremiah's first vision was of:
  1. an almond tree and a cauldron
  2. a lion and a scorpion
  3. a plumb line and a ruler
  4. four horsemen
2.       As a sign, Jeremiah:
  1. married three wives
  2. married a prostitute
  3. married a prophetess
  4. did not marry
3.        As a sign, Jeremiah wore: 
  1. a crown
  2. a yoke
  3. sackcloth
  4. a coat of many colors
4.         "Lamentation is heard in Ramah" is quoted by: 
  1. Matthew
  2. Mark
  3. Luke
  4. John
5.         When King Jehoiachin read the book of Jeremiah, he:
  1. had it enshrined in the temple
  2. had it read in the marketplace
  3. read it to his courtiers
  4. burned it
6.         King Zedekiah had Jeremiah:
  1. put in charge of the treasury
  2. exiled
  3. put in the temple
  4. thrown in a pit
7.        Jeremiah dictated his book to:
  1. Isaiah
  2. Baruch
  3. Amos
  4. Zadok
8.         When Jerusalem was captured, Jeremiah met the enemy commander, who:
  1. ordered him to stand trial
  2. shut him up in prison
  3. sent him to Babylon in chains
  4. invited him to Babylon as his guest
9.        Jeremiah told Seraiah to:
  1. put his book in the library at Babylon
  2. burn his book
  3. throw his book into the Euphrates
  4. translate his book into Persian
10.      King Jehoiachin spent his last days:
  1. in exile in Egypt
  2. as a pensioner of the King of Babylon
  3. fighting the Assyrians
  4. in the temple
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