Animals
worm in Jeremiah 23
WURM
This creature shows up in Jeremiah 23:15: “Therefore Yahweh of Armies says concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall;…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real creature in a real place.
Jeremiah 23:15
“Therefore Yahweh of Armies says concerning the prophets: “Behold, I will feed them with wormwood, and make them drink the water of gall; for from the prophets of Jerusalem ungodliness has gone out into all the land.””
What kids can learn
When you hear worm in Jeremiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this creature in the story on purpose.
Read Jeremiah 23:15 again tomorrow and ask what the creature is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Jeremiah 23:15
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
ThereforeYahwehofsaysconcerningtheprophets:“Behold,Iwillfeedthemwithwormwood,andmakethemdrinkthewaterofgall;forfromtheprophetsofungodlinesshasoutintoalltheland.”