Places
Berea in Jeremiah 15
buh-REE-uh
This place shows up in Jeremiah 15:7: “I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of children. I have destroyed my people. They didn’t return…” The Bible is not talking about a sticker. It is talking about a real place in a real place.
Jeremiah 15:7
“I have winnowed them with a fan in the gates of the land. I have bereaved them of children. I have destroyed my people. They didn’t return from their ways.”
What kids can learn
When you hear berea in Jeremiah, remember the sentence around it. God put this place in the story on purpose.
Read Jeremiah 15:7 again tomorrow and ask what the place is doing in the sentence, not only what it looks like.
Say it
Practice Jeremiah 15:7
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Iwinnowedthemwithafaninthegatesoftheland.Ihavebereavedthemofchildren.Imypeople.Theydidn’treturnfromtheirways.