Class Period ______ Unit 9: Prophets, Exile, Return
Name: _________________________________________________________ Unit 9: Prophets, Exile, Return Worksheet #18: Jeremiah and Ezekiel
Class Period ______
Directions: 1. Use a Bible and your notes. Work by yourself. 2. Write answers on this paper (no complete sentences needed). *Bonus if you can finish by the end of class. From your notes: 1. What dates are associated with Jeremiah?
2. What two jobs did Jeremiah accomplish to save the Jewish nation’s heritage?
Read Jeremiah 2:4-37 3. What historical event is Jeremiah referring to in verses 4-7?
4. What does Jeremiah think about Judah’s leaders? Be specific!
Read Jeremiah 7: 1-15 3. What is “deceptive” about the words “This is the temple of the Lord” in verse 4?
4. Make a list of Judah’s sins.
5. What is the problem with worship in the Temple according to verses 8-10?
6. The city of Shiloh also had a sanctuary of the LORD during the Judges’ time, but it was destroyed. Why does Jeremiah mention it in his speech?
Read Jeremiah chapters 27-28 7. How common were the prophets in the region around Judah? Jeremiah is a true prophet; who is the false one?
8. What message does a false prophet preach to Judah?
9. When faced with two prophets, giving different messages, how did someone know who to follow?
Ezekiel **REMEMBER, the Biblical writers are using Judah and Israel interchangeably, even though one of them does not exist at this time. From you notes: 10. What is Ezekiel’s main message? Which nation (north or south) is he speaking it to?
Read Ezekiel chapters 1-3 10. Describe the strange vision that Ezekiel has in the first chapter of his book:
11. Read 1:26-28. WHO is being described? (Hint: Not Ezekiel)
12. Read Chapter 2. Describe Ezekiel’s call by God to be a prophet.
13. What does Ezekiel have to symbolically eat? What are the consequences of his eating?
14. What are some similarities between the call of Ezekiel and other prophets? Be specific.
Read Ezekiel 12:1-15 15. Describe what God asks Ezekiel to do:
Read Ezekiel 34:1-19 16. Describe what the leaders failed to do for the people:
17. What does God promise to do for his people?
Read Ezekiel 37: 1-6 18. What does this prophecy promise?
Class Period ______
Directions: 1. Use a Bible and your notes. Work by yourself. 2. Write answers on this paper (no complete sentences needed). *Bonus if you can finish by the end of class. From your notes: 1. What dates are associated with Jeremiah?
2. What two jobs did Jeremiah accomplish to save the Jewish nation’s heritage?
Read Jeremiah 2:4-37 3. What historical event is Jeremiah referring to in verses 4-7?
4. What does Jeremiah think about Judah’s leaders? Be specific!
Read Jeremiah 7: 1-15 3. What is “deceptive” about the words “This is the temple of the Lord” in verse 4?
4. Make a list of Judah’s sins.
5. What is the problem with worship in the Temple according to verses 8-10?
6. The city of Shiloh also had a sanctuary of the LORD during the Judges’ time, but it was destroyed. Why does Jeremiah mention it in his speech?
Read Jeremiah chapters 27-28 7. How common were the prophets in the region around Judah? Jeremiah is a true prophet; who is the false one?
8. What message does a false prophet preach to Judah?
9. When faced with two prophets, giving different messages, how did someone know who to follow?
Ezekiel **REMEMBER, the Biblical writers are using Judah and Israel interchangeably, even though one of them does not exist at this time. From you notes: 10. What is Ezekiel’s main message? Which nation (north or south) is he speaking it to?
Read Ezekiel chapters 1-3 10. Describe the strange vision that Ezekiel has in the first chapter of his book:
11. Read 1:26-28. WHO is being described? (Hint: Not Ezekiel)
12. Read Chapter 2. Describe Ezekiel’s call by God to be a prophet.
13. What does Ezekiel have to symbolically eat? What are the consequences of his eating?
14. What are some similarities between the call of Ezekiel and other prophets? Be specific.
Read Ezekiel 12:1-15 15. Describe what God asks Ezekiel to do:
Read Ezekiel 34:1-19 16. Describe what the leaders failed to do for the people:
17. What does God promise to do for his people?
Read Ezekiel 37: 1-6 18. What does this prophecy promise?
