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1. Was Jeremiah a prophet? True or False? Answer: True

2. Who did prophets usually speak to? Answer: The people and the kings.

3. How did prophets usually receive their messages? Answer: dreams, visions, trances, etc.

4. How many classifications of prophets are there? Answer: 3; pre-monarchy, pre-classical, and classical.

5. Who did Jeremiah speak to? Answer: the people.

6. Jeremiah was the son of? Answer: Hilkiah

7. Jeremiah began his ministry under who? Answer: Josiah

8. Which king was fearful of Jeremiah? Answer: Zedekiah

9. Where did Jeremiah die? Answer: Egypt

10. According to Jeremiah; who was he commanded by to write down the words He had spoken to him? Answer: God; 36:1-3

11. John Mooney posted this over spring break, true or false? Answer: True

12. When was Nineveh the capital destroyed? Answer: 612 B.C.

13. Was Zedekiah a weak king or a strong king? Answer: weak king because he repeated the same errors as the kings before him. 

14. What Kingdom was Jeremiah speaking to? Answer: southern kingdom of Judah

15. Did you know that Jeremiah was the most persecuted Prophet of the Bible……?  He was led as a lamb to the slaughter (11:18); his brethren dealt treacherously with him (12:6); he was confronted by false prophets (14:13); his brethren cursed him (15:10); he was smitten, put in stocks, and denounced (20:1ff); his heart was broken (23:9); he was seized and threatened with death (26:8,24); his teaching was opposed (28:1; 29:1); he was imprisoned (32:2,3); he was pursued (36:26); he was beaten and imprisoned (37:15); he was thrown into a dungeon (38:6); he was bound in chains (40:1); he was falsely accused (43:2); he was taken to Egypt (43:6,7). Tradition also states he was stoned in Egypt.