Major Prophets
What should a child notice in Jeremiah 40?
Jeremiah 40 opens with these words: “The word which came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, after Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard had let him go from Ramah, when he had taken him…” The line to keep is Jeremiah 40:2: “The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, “Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;” Carry the word “captain” from that verse into the rest of the day. A sentence to keep is Jeremiah 40:2: “The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, “Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;” What happens first in Jeremiah 40?
Jeremiah 40:2
“The captain of the guard took Jeremiah, and said to him, “Yahweh your God pronounced this evil on this place;”
Jeremiah 40:3
“and Yahweh has brought it, and done according as he spoke. Because you have sinned against Yahweh, and have not obeyed his voice, therefore this thing has come on you.”
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Say it
Practice Jeremiah 40:2
Tap the words in order. The blanks follow the verse from left to right.
Thecaptainofthetookandsaidtohim,“YahwehyourGodpronouncedthisonthisplace;