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Jeremiah

Told the truth for forty years and wept the whole time.

The story

1. Only a youth Jeremiah 1:4-10

   God says he knew him before he was born. Jeremiah protests, and God touches his mouth.

2. Beaten and in stocks Jeremiah 20:1-6

   After he breaks a clay jar as a warning, the priest Pashhur has him beaten and locked up.

3. A fire in his bones Jeremiah 20:7-18

   He accuses God of deceiving him, wants to quit, cannot, and curses his birth.

4. Buys a field Jeremiah 32:6-15

   With Babylon at the gates, he buys land at Anathoth as a sign that God will restore.

5. The cistern Jeremiah 38:1-13

   Officials drop him into a cistern to die. Ebed-melech, a foreigner, pulls him out.

6. Taken to Egypt Jeremiah 43:1-7

   After Jerusalem falls, the survivors ignore his word and carry him off to Egypt.

Key verses

“there is in my heart as it were a burning fire shut up in my bones, and I am weary with holding it in, and I cannot.” Jeremiah 20:9 (ESV)

Read together: Jeremiah 1:4-10 · Jeremiah 20:1-6 · Jeremiah 20:7-18 · Jeremiah 32:6-15 · Jeremiah 38:1-13 · Jeremiah 43:1-7

Questions to sit with

1. What would honest prayer sound like for you right now?
2. Where is God asking you to act on a promise you cannot yet see?

Scripture quotations are from the ESV® Bible, © 2001 by Crossway. Used by permission.